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12 Post author: Psychohistorian 11 May 2011 08:17PM

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Comment author: jsalvatier 11 May 2011 09:54:29PM 0 points [-]

Don't they at least a little bit? Isn't pre-commitment a natural feature of TDT? That doesn't necessarily solve such problems, but it does seem like its relevant. I suppose that's not a new insight; guess I answered my own question.

Comment author: wedrifid 11 May 2011 10:05:37PM 0 points [-]

Isn't pre-commitment a natural feature of TDT?

In this context what the pseudo precommitment does is allow B to metaphorically break out of an ultimatum game even if A was somehow able to limit the situation to an ultimatum. Note: this would apply even if only B was using TDT and A was using a CDT.