• _bcron@midwest.social
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    5 days ago

    The outcome from both levers pulled is so steep that it really makes no sense to pull the lever

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        5 days ago

        They’ll be thinking the same thing tho and if there is a greater than 20% chance of them pulling the lever it’d be worse in terms of losing family members than not pulling at all.

        But in terms of overall death, not pulling the lever is 1 or 4, and pulling the lever is 4 or 13

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        5 days ago

        Not really. This would all happen so fast and be emotionally, not logically, driven.

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        But equally that might be what they’re thinking. There’s no simple equilibrium in this game… If your opponent pulls, your best move is not to pull. If they do not, your best move is to do so.

        Well, from a pure game theory standpoint, assuming you only value your relatives. This is all somewhat disregarding the three innocents in the middle.