Re:A machine learning approach to identifying thought marker...
by Chris2048 on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @03:40PM
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Consider "the result" to include religious goals based on a belief in the afterlife. If they could obtain piety some other way they could - as opposed to wanting to end life as it is no longer enjoyable.
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Re:A machine learning approach to identifying thought marker...
by webmaven on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @04:00PM
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And you now know why some groups (religions, sects, etc.) use (or have used) martyrdom (including the suicide bomb variety) as a tactic, and others have not:
More than one goal exists for each group, many of these goals are not mutually compatible, and different groups arrive at different mixes of tactics in pursuit of their goals and to resolve (or ignore) the various contradictions and incompatibilities in different ways, and these mixes change over time in reaction to a changing environment, including the S&T employed by other groups.
IOW, don't expect the strategies or tactics that groups use to settle on any sort of Nash equilibrium.