I don’t like being the cooperator in the prisoners dilemma while the other side keeps defecting. I also don’t like the consequences of mutual annihilation if both of us defect. It’s definitely a pickle.
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Replying to @Lollardfish
If the negative consequences to the cooperator of cooperate/defect are less severe than the consequences of defect/defect then it's not a true prisoner's dilemma The rational decision in a single move game remains to cooperate
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Lollardfish
Our political situation is actually prisoners dilemma. Dems cooperating on the face of defection leads to annihilation of our democratic norms. Defecting means putting up a fight to defend our democracy. Dems are just too afraid to defect. They’re not acting optimally.
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And I agree with all your other points about game theory.
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Replying to @ZoeMcLaren @Lollardfish
That's as may be
@Lollardfish seems to be expressing disagreement with this - the belief that actual open war will be the worst case scenario I don't know if he's right but there's arguments for it2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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David M. Perry Retweeted David M. Perry
Game theory is at most useful as a thought experiment and never actually describes complex human systems with its myriad variables is my more robust take. But I’m listening to the discussions as thought experiments are also useful.https://twitter.com/Lollardfish/status/1337602335707713537 …
David M. Perry added,
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I mean translated into simple English it's an important question Would "sinking to their level" help or not, would it actually make anything better, or would it make it worse and therefore only be useful as a threat
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