redlizard comments on [LINK] Prisoner's Dilemma? Not So Much - Less Wrong

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Comment author: redlizard 21 May 2014 06:29:12AM 4 points [-]

Group selectionism alert. The "we are optimized for effectively playing the iterated prisoner's dilemma" argument, AKA "people will remember you being a jackass", sounds much more plausible.

Comment author: shminux 21 May 2014 03:14:05PM *  1 point [-]

I made no argument that cooperation emerges in the PD environment, quite the opposite. I argued that, once it emerged in a non-PD environment, it does not necessarily die out in a PD environment. No group selection required.