do you tell the truth because it is inherently good or because it is a means to an end? #alternativefacts
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+1, and also the short term gain from the lie is often offset by the exponential cognitive overhead of tracking lies
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the magic machine would track the lies for you
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does the machine have perfect information? (ie is this the real world or spherical cow island)
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if I was the only one on the world with the perfect information oracle there are a lot of things I would do
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if you knew someone had this machine would you trust them?
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if you knew this machine existed but not who had it would you trust anyone?
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we're back to The Market for Lemons now
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that would imply that the optimal thing to do if you found such a machine would be to publicly destroy it
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"Long term" is something game theory doesn't account for well.
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