I defected, and then afterwards I realized that the proportion of people cooperating could likely have a causal effect on future in-group cooperativeness among LWers. Dammit, I should have thought of that earlier.
Yeah, that’s why I always take the option called “cooperate” if the prize is small enough that my expected winnings are a rounding error either way.
I’m not sure what I’d do if the names were flipped relative to the incentives.
I defected, and then afterwards I realized that the proportion of people cooperating could likely have a causal effect on future in-group cooperativeness among LWers. Dammit, I should have thought of that earlier.
Yeah, that’s why I always take the option called “cooperate” if the prize is small enough that my expected winnings are a rounding error either way.
I’m not sure what I’d do if the names were flipped relative to the incentives.