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

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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.