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Re:The busy trap by tiziano88 on Monday July 02, 2012 @12:37PM (#4189561)
> The correct strategy is only obvious to those outside the experiment.

Wait, are you suggesting that cooperating in the prisoner's dilemma is the correct strategy then? Because in fact defecting is always a best response to any of the opponent's choices, even if you are aware of the rules of the experiment.

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Re:The busy trap by hpatel on Monday July 02, 2012 @03:32PM (#4190508)
He's saying the same thing as you. Basically, it's hard to know what benefits society most at any given. That's the job of historians.
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