gwern comments on Schelling fences on slippery slopes

gwern 22 Mar 2012 18:19 UTC
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Well, yeah, hence the mention of precommitting.
- Eugine_Nier 23 Mar 2012 3:05 UTC
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  But 1% Gandhi has no reason to honor the precommitment.
  - wedrifid 23 Mar 2012 3:15 UTC
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    But 1% Gandhi has no reason to honor the precommitment.
    
    I don’t think that word means what you think it means.
  - gwern 23 Mar 2012 3:12 UTC
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    A precommitment you can dishonor isn’t much of a precommitment!