“Inhuman” has strong connotations of inimical to human values—your argument looks different if it starts with something like “game theory is a non-human—it’s a simplified version of some aspects of human behavior”. In that case, altruism is non-human in the same sense.
I guess I’m mostly reacting to RAND and its ilk, having read the article about Schelling’s book (which I intend to buy), and am thinking of market failures, as well.
OK Mr Bayeslisk, I am one boxing you. I am upvoting this post now knowing that you predicted I would upvote it and intended all along to include or add some links to the above post so I don’t have to do a lot of extra work to figure out what RAND is and what book you are talking about.
“Inhuman” has strong connotations of inimical to human values—your argument looks different if it starts with something like “game theory is a non-human—it’s a simplified version of some aspects of human behavior”. In that case, altruism is non-human in the same sense.
I guess I’m mostly reacting to RAND and its ilk, having read the article about Schelling’s book (which I intend to buy), and am thinking of market failures, as well.
OK Mr Bayeslisk, I am one boxing you. I am upvoting this post now knowing that you predicted I would upvote it and intended all along to include or add some links to the above post so I don’t have to do a lot of extra work to figure out what RAND is and what book you are talking about.
That is actually not true at all. I was actually planning on abandoning this trainwreck of an attempt at dissent. But since you’re so nice:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAND_Corporation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Schelling#The_Strategy_of_Conflict_.281960.29
Apparently I was right to one box all along! Thanks!
Are you thinking of failures of market alternatives as well?