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Could you send me something reflecting why you think credit scores are based on the neighborhood in which you reside?
I live in Germany, where the zip code is a strong factor into the credit score. Source e.g. https://www.welt.de/finanzen/verbraucher/article13255357/Wer...
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First, the point of these discussions is explicitly to stay within the lines. We all know there's a billion elaborations that you could make, but those are different problems. Worthy and interesting problems, even, but different problems. Second, there isn't always a great option for that, no.
'Staying within the lines' is why game theory doesn't actually work as a good predictor of human behaviour.
If you really want to cooperate, buy two, and sell one to your neighbor at cost.
I really hate, hate, hate shoveling snow.
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48% of people over 12 iterations of a game . "... which involved 96 participants ... Each pair repeated (“iterated”) both games 12 times, though were initially told the number of repetitions was randomly determined. The researchers created global competition by revealing that the players with the four highest pay-offs would receive monetary awards." What people say they would do in a simulation might be different to…
Exactly. In the real world, this is likely iterated dozens of times every winter, against neighbors you'll see repeatedly. In a college classroom, where someone tells you you'll get fifty bucks if you score high on a game? If they tell me I get bonus points for stealing their shovel, why wouldn't I choose that option? Nothing is at stake.
See also https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160915085719.h... Two people can hunt deer together, but if they are alone, they can only hunt rabbits. The person belonging to the Envious group will choose to hunt rabbits because he or she will be at least equal to the other hunter, or maybe even better; the Optimist will choose to hunt deer because that is the best option for both hunters; the Pessimist will…
I'm at the edge of my seat!
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In fact the strategy is simpler if the other player is exactly as rational as you: simply cooperate. The other player, being exactly as rational as you, will follow the same reasoning as you do to come to the same conclusion, and will do exactly the same thing as you. I would always cooperate with a copy of myself, for instance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superrationality (Of course, the assumption "my opponent is…
There are variants of the prisoner's dilemma where you can check the 'rationality' of your opponent: the prisoners' decisions are chosen by computer programs, and each program is given the other program's source code as an argument. This is often referred to as "program equilibrium", and an optimal strategy is to cooperate iff running the other program with our own source code as an argument results in cooperation. T…
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http://ncase.me/trust/ is a great explainer that explores that question. How do different strategies compare depending on number of repeat interactions, population diversity and noise.
I really like this, but had to stop halfway through because my laptop overheated and went to sleep.
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I really like this, but had to stop halfway through because my laptop overheated and went to sleep.
That seems a bit extreme for a browser app. Are you using a docking station, and have your laptop closed? I find mine sometimes overheats and shuts down when it's docked and closed and I'm doing something extreme like playing a game, but propping the lid open about an inch or two helped immensely with airflow.