It is definitely true that the author was not using the word “threat” in this way. OneTwo Some of the explicitly given examples fit this definition and were provided as an example of strategies that were not considered threats.
Though also consider: the character there is not from Earth, does not know what words Earth people use, they are communicating via a translation system that is known to be imprecise, the target language is also not from Earth, and that language already known to be missing words for many simple game theory concepts. The use of the word “threat” in the text is definitely not to be taken as exactly the same meaning as used in Earth game theory.
It is definitely true that the author was not using the word “threat” in this way.
OneTwoSome of the explicitly given examples fit this definition and were provided as an example of strategies that were not considered threats.Though also consider: the character there is not from Earth, does not know what words Earth people use, they are communicating via a translation system that is known to be imprecise, the target language is also not from Earth, and that language already known to be missing words for many simple game theory concepts. The use of the word “threat” in the text is definitely not to be taken as exactly the same meaning as used in Earth game theory.