[extropy-chat] Superrationality

[Russell Wallace]

On 5/18/06, Christopher Healey <CHealey at unicom-inc.com> wrote:
>
> I agree that in the case of iterated PD, with side-channel
> communications unavailable, it's really a cut-and-dry outcome, but as
> far as informing us toward real-world decisions it leaves a lot to be
> desired.


The good news is that iterated PD leads towards mutual cooperation ("Tit for
Tat" is the name usually given to the strategy, or family of strategies,
that tends to evolve); you don't even need side channels. It's only the
unrealistic one-shot variant that leads towards mutual defection.
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