Well, let’s get back to reality. We were talking about the way normal people think, remember?
So consider a normal person. When, in the course of his typical life, does he have to make choices in a PD situation? At work? When he’s drinking beer and watching the game with his buddies or when she’s watching a show and gossiping with her girlfriends? When looking for a mate? In relationships with parents or kids?
PD is a neat construct and certainly occurs in real life—rarely. But for your regular bloke or gal it’s a non-issue and they don’t spend time thinking in terms of a theoretical situation they don’t care about.
Well, let’s get back to reality. We were talking about the way normal people think, remember?
So consider a normal person. When, in the course of his typical life, does he have to make choices in a PD situation? At work? When he’s drinking beer and watching the game with his buddies or when she’s watching a show and gossiping with her girlfriends? When looking for a mate? In relationships with parents or kids?
PD is a neat construct and certainly occurs in real life—rarely. But for your regular bloke or gal it’s a non-issue and they don’t spend time thinking in terms of a theoretical situation they don’t care about.
At this point, Emile’s post seems appopriate ( http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/kox/why_are_people_put_off_by_rationality/b71b )
Which I’ve already seen and replied to.
Looks like we hit a circle. Agree to disagree?
Your response to it was that defection risk means this one very specific thing. She said that it’s LW-shorthand for a much more general thing.
Considering that you weren’t the one originally using the term, maybe you should use the definition that makes sense?