[extropy-chat] Threesome as most efficient social arrangement?

[Jef Allbright]

On 11/24/05, gts <gts_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 04:40:55 -0500, david <deimtee at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> > Jef Allbright wrote:
> >
> >> it seems to me that all decisions can be reduced to binary form...
> >> Does that make sense to you?
> >>
> > Would you like a chocolate,  strawberry or vanilla icecream ?
>
> Jef's idea makes sense to me:
>
> For me, considering chocolate,  strawberry or vanilla...
>
> chocolate vs stawberry = chocolate
> chocolate vs vanilla = chocolate
> stawberry vs vanilla = vanilla
>
> Chocolate wins 2/3. All binary.
>
> I often think this way.

Right idea, except only two comparison actions were required, not three.

- Jef