I considered ideas for like five minutes, until I came to the conclusion that the only way is to begin by seriously hurting them, and then repeatedly asking for the #, hurting them again after each answer. If the # is constant after serious bodily harm, they're not tricking you.
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Replying to @nastyinmuhtaxi
This does not solve the problem. Your incentive only enforces consistency rather than honesty. You stop beating them after the same number of consistent answers in a row regardless of whether the number was correct or one they made up.
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Replying to @outrepool
False, because if they made up the #, after getting beaten up repeatedly even though they respond the same #, they will assume you still hurt them because you actually know that they gave you the wrong #.
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Replying to @nastyinmuhtaxi
Your # is 3. You "begin by seriously hurting [me]", so I tell you it is 2. You beat me some more. I tell you it is 2. You beat me some more, I tell you it is 2. There is a solution which works even if the person you are asking knows your strategy.
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Replying to @outrepool
You're being disingenuous. I walk up to a man in the street, we are alone, I taze him, tie him up, then saw off his pinky, before asking him what's the #, threatening to saw off the rest of his hand if he lies. No sane person would respond a joke to "fuck with me"
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Replying to @nastyinmuhtaxi
I'm not being disingenuous. I'm attempting to give you more context that didn't fit in the 240 character original post to make the question more interesting. Your solution doesn't work if the person knows you are blind/have no way of verifying the answer.
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Replying to @outrepool
But people do not make such rational decisions when facing severe pain and the prospect of more of it, they simply give the number.
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Replying to @nastyinmuhtaxi
That's fine, but it's a less interesting question to me.
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Replying to @outrepool
It's more realistic, though. I feel like yours, like most game theory works best with NPCs and computer simulations
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Replying to @nastyinmuhtaxi
Cutting off pinkies doesn't sound particularly practical to me, idk.
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how important is knowing the # to me
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