I like these stories, and I very much agree that human-level trust far outweighs distrust on many many topics, which leads to easy and correct agreement. I believe that other peoples’ beliefs CAN be evidence.
But Aumann’s theorem still doesn’t apply to humans, and invoking that label for this kind of human-level communication is quite misleading.
It implies a more rigorous backing for the trust and agreement than is justified. Sometimes (often, even) it works, but it’s nowhere near as universal or trustworthy as a theorem.
This is really abstract. It’s hard for me to argue a universal negative, and you might genuinely have thought of something misleading that I haven’t thought of. Can you give a concrete example of a situation in which it misleads, so we can more properly talk about it?
I like these stories, and I very much agree that human-level trust far outweighs distrust on many many topics, which leads to easy and correct agreement. I believe that other peoples’ beliefs CAN be evidence.
But Aumann’s theorem still doesn’t apply to humans, and invoking that label for this kind of human-level communication is quite misleading.
In what ways and in what situations does it mislead?
It implies a more rigorous backing for the trust and agreement than is justified. Sometimes (often, even) it works, but it’s nowhere near as universal or trustworthy as a theorem.
This is really abstract. It’s hard for me to argue a universal negative, and you might genuinely have thought of something misleading that I haven’t thought of. Can you give a concrete example of a situation in which it misleads, so we can more properly talk about it?