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

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Comment author: wedrifid 12 May 2011 10:48:35AM -1 points [-]

Also an important idea implicit in the above post that I think deserves to get spelled out is that the mere act of thinking about a Schelling point can move its location.

An additional point worth spelling out is that Homo Economicus has by definition already thought everything through so no such movement is possible here.