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Comment author: Manfred 02 August 2014 04:29:34PM 0 points [-]

Yeah, I was modeling nuclear war as the stag hunt game. Peace is a Nash equilibrium because starting nuclear war is bad even for the aggressor, but it's not as stable under violations of trust, worries about a trembling hand on the big red button, etc.