It does seem convoluted. Smart agents lose when they face smarter agents, when the game is rigged against them, when they are unlucky, when they play games in which brains don’t matter—and probably in numerous other cases.
That’s why we have so many bacteria on the planet. They are mega-stupid, but they reproduce quickly, and can live in a huge variety of environments. They play games where being smart is heavily penalised.
It does seem convoluted. Smart agents lose when they face smarter agents, when the game is rigged against them, when they are unlucky, when they play games in which brains don’t matter—and probably in numerous other cases.
That’s why we have so many bacteria on the planet. They are mega-stupid, but they reproduce quickly, and can live in a huge variety of environments. They play games where being smart is heavily penalised.