• AWildMimicAppears@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    for the longest time, i did know that game theory did not have anything to do with “games” and that it is somehow connected to the prisoners dilemma, but the concept as such wasn’t very clear to me. If you are like my former me, take 30 minutes out of your day and visit https://ncase.me/trust/ to learn and play around with game theory; it’s a great webpage and it’s pretty good fun all around.

  • TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com
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    The last line of these is always what the poster wants to happen

    everything else is skewed rationale to make you think it is a funny

    it is, in reality, anti-intellectual propaganda

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

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        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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    Do nothing that way you don’t get to jail for murder. All the pressure goes to the other guy. Sue the railway company, guy who pulled the lever and the creator. Another is find a way not to reach to that point.

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    Unlike the classic prisoners dilemma, this isn’t a nash equilibrium. When I know that the other person pulls their switch, I’d improve my outcome by not pulling mine. Compare to the prisoners dilemma, where not snitching when the other side snitches earns you five years in prison.

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      This was super funny, this person has a great career ahead of her. Very Tim and Eric style obscure indie comedy, I loved it.

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    Yell to the guy on the other side that I’m going to pull the lever, so he’d better not.

    Then let it go because that both maximizes global utility and poses the lowest risk of the worst case scenario.

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      That unfortunately means you have to shoot a lot of people. Trolley problems are everywhere. They just arent as obvios as pulling a lever. But your political and consumer behaviour are full of trolley problems.

      So you can either pull the trigger and shoot a lot of people, which will make you a murderer, or, if you dont, through your inactions, a lot of other people will have to suffer through hidden trolley problems. Your choice.

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      Why open carry and telegraph your capabilities? Just shoot them from a concealed carry position. Maybe you just learned the term and wanted to use it in a sentence.

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    To quote something I made up and say all the time, “It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose.”