You’re assuming that actual people’s behavior and rational playing of the Prisoner’s Dilemma correlate in a meaningful fashion. A popular assumption around here.
Your assumption may well not have a problem with young fanatical muslims becoming suicide attackers. It does have a problem with old fanatical muslims not doing so.
You’re assuming that actual people’s behavior and rational playing of the Prisoner’s Dilemma correlate in a meaningful fashion. A popular assumption around here.
I don’t actually see that very often—mostly what I see is “if your ‘rational’ explanation doesn’t correlate with what you’d actually do/think is right, then your ‘rational’ explanation is flawed.”
You’re assuming that actual people’s behavior and rational playing of the Prisoner’s Dilemma correlate in a meaningful fashion. A popular assumption around here.
Your assumption may well not have a problem with young fanatical muslims becoming suicide attackers. It does have a problem with old fanatical muslims not doing so.
Gwern has a few interesting posts on this topic on his website: Terrorism is Not About Terror, Terrorism is Not Effective
I don’t actually see that very often—mostly what I see is “if your ‘rational’ explanation doesn’t correlate with what you’d actually do/think is right, then your ‘rational’ explanation is flawed.”