I agree with everything you say here, except maybe your last paragraph.
I also note that when you say ” “rationality” ” you refer to signaling rationality, which is orthogonal to rationality. But when you say ” “commitment” ” you refer to only having the appearance of commitment, which is mutually exclusive with commitment.
That is, the meaning of “X” relative to X is not consistent… in one case “X” implies -X, in the other case it doesn’t.
I’m not sure this matters, but it seems like a potential source of confusion.
I agree with everything you say here, except maybe your last paragraph.
I also note that when you say ” “rationality” ” you refer to signaling rationality, which is orthogonal to rationality. But when you say ” “commitment” ” you refer to only having the appearance of commitment, which is mutually exclusive with commitment.
That is, the meaning of “X” relative to X is not consistent… in one case “X” implies -X, in the other case it doesn’t.
I’m not sure this matters, but it seems like a potential source of confusion.