JamesAndrix comments on The Bedrock of Fairness - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JamesAndrix 03 July 2008 03:48:48PM 1 point [-]

I notice also that the three have arrived separately and exactly simultaneously, another rarity, but also important to make 'fairness' an issue.

Yet most people in a situation of near simultaneity find it easier (or perhaps just safer?) to assume they had arrived simultaneously and come to agreement on dividing the pie 'fairly', rather than argue over who got there first.