Because what it actually is is an April fool joke, and to be funny jokes have to be actually made. So I assume, anyway. (It would be hilarious if this actually resulted in a norm among rationalists of greeting one another with butt-bumps, but fortunately that seems unlikely.)
I don’t think this misunderstands schelling points. By creating common knowledge, you can change the schelling point from being one strategy, to being a different strategy. The schelling point at t=0 does not have to be the same as at t=80.
(Or more concretely, Grand Central Station wasn’t a Schelling point in New York before it was built. Before that time, presumably there were different Schelling points.)
I think we can distinguish between humans changing the environment in a way that happens to create a Schelling point, vs communicating to create a coordination strategy.
If it’s a Schelling point, why do we need you to tell us?
Because what it actually is is an April fool joke, and to be funny jokes have to be actually made. So I assume, anyway. (It would be hilarious if this actually resulted in a norm among rationalists of greeting one another with butt-bumps, but fortunately that seems unlikely.)
https://manifold.markets/RomanHauksson/will-butt-bumps-be-the-default-phys
Well, gee, I didn’t realise that, and I don’t find it funny that rationalists keep banging on about Schelling points without knowing what they are.
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Kbm6QnJv9dgWsPHQP/schelling-fences-on-slippery-slopes?commentId=ZoNHCAzvLgd8hJ9pC
Now that they have told us, it is a Schelling point
Indeed. The way I would describe this is: “X is a Schelling point” can be either
Descriptive speech, like “X is blue”; you are telling me something about the world that is true whether you tell me or not.
Enactive speech, like “I promise to be there”; you are telling me something about the world that is true because you said it.
(Or even a combination, where something was already mostly a Schelling point but now it’s a stronger Schelling point.)
That’s not how they work.
Ah, I see now that I misunderstood Schelling points. I’ll edit the post. Downvote for being rude though.
Note: The title of this post was originally “Butt Bumps as a Schelling point for physical greetings”.
I don’t think this misunderstands schelling points. By creating common knowledge, you can change the schelling point from being one strategy, to being a different strategy. The schelling point at t=0 does not have to be the same as at t=80.
(Or more concretely, Grand Central Station wasn’t a Schelling point in New York before it was built. Before that time, presumably there were different Schelling points.)
I think we can distinguish between humans changing the environment in a way that happens to create a Schelling point, vs communicating to create a coordination strategy.
Wikipedia at least agrees with TAG’s definition.