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Re:Heuristics that almost always work by dsr_ on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @06:10PM (#30266196)
Here's the thing: if you have just killed five people, "give me $100 or I will kill you tomorrow" becomes a much more effective threat.

One-time games and repeated games have different strategies.

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Re:Heuristics that almost always work by kqr on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @12:44AM (#30269343)
It becomes more effective only because it changes the probability estimation of the outcome.

Life is a repeated game of decisions that compound on each other, so that difference is irrelevant.

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