VoiceOfRa comments on Rationality Quotes Thread June 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Gondolinian 02 June 2015 01:58:27AM -1 points [-]

Deterrent effects would fall under "things present and to come".

Fair enough, but there's also a sense in which deterrence is acausal. In order to make a truly credible threat of retaliation for defection, you have to be completely willing to follow through with the retaliation if they defect, even if, after the defection, following through does not seem to have any future benefits.

Comment author: Gondolinian 02 June 2015 02:13:07AM 2 points [-]

I shouldn't have phrased that so confidently; I was essentially just thinking out loud. Would anyone who knows more about decision theory mind explaining where I went wrong?

Comment author: VoiceOfRa 02 June 2015 02:31:59AM 4 points [-]

You weren't. A single down vote doesn't mean you're wrong.