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-5 Post author: MrMind 25 March 2015 09:37AM

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Comment author: skeptical_lurker 25 March 2015 08:14:23PM 1 point [-]

If we're going into game theory here, then surely what you want to be signalling is not that you will cooperate, but that you will cooperate iff they cooperate?

Of course, ISIS have already defected, but that doesn't generalise to all of the other billion people.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 25 March 2015 08:47:24PM 1 point [-]

You don't want to have a habit of defecting first, and that's what empathy can protect you from.

Comment author: skeptical_lurker 25 March 2015 09:49:48PM 0 points [-]

How very postrationalist of you :)