Azathoth123 comments on Rationality Quotes July 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Azathoth123 16 August 2014 04:02:45AM 2 points [-]

I've been thinking about the issue in terms of (armchair) game theory:

It would help to actually look at the history rather than simply completing the pattern and pretending to be wise.

Ostensibly, both parties essentially claim to be playing a a tit-for-tat strategy in an interated prisoner dilemma where the other party is a DefectBot that can't be cooperated with.

Israel has an various periods starting with Yitzhak Rabin attempted to play unilateral cooperation under the theory that this would lead to cooperation on the other end. Hasn't worked out that way.

Comment author: V_V 16 August 2014 07:15:45AM *  0 points [-]

It would help to actually look at the history rather than simply completing the pattern and pretending to be wise.

"This s our land, and anybody who suggests that somebody else might have some modicum of claim over it must be pretending to be wise and <insert teacher's password here>."

Israel has an various periods starting with Yitzhak Rabin attempted to play unilateral cooperation under the theory that this would lead to cooperation on the other end. Hasn't worked out that way.

"Anything we might concede you is more than you deserve and you'd better be grateful and accept it without question before we change our mind."