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Re: Libertarian stuff (Was: Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
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Thu, 13 Jan 2000 20:51:45 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jasper Janssen writes:
> > There will be some kind of correctional system, funded by fees to
> > property owners who wish to keep the crooks of the street at worst. In
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> Prisoner's dilemma. If you're the _one_ not paying when everyone else
> is, it is to your advantage. If nobody pays, you're all at a
> disadvantage. The problem is that psychology has shown that humans
> _don't_ choose the best overall scheme when faced with one of these.
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> Therefore, there will be no such correctional scheme.
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> And _that_ is the primary function of government -- to remove these
> dilemmas by making everyone pay for the privileges of living in a
> society where things are taken care of, for various values of
> "things".
To be fair, I have to point out that Prisoners Dilemma requires participants to
be unable to communicate - if you don't know what the other person is going to
do then the safest strategy is the one that gives less consistent drawbacks.
Even if the other strategy is best for everyone concerned.
If there is no communication between people, and no sense of society, then this
could happen though - definately!
Richard
PS. My honours thesis is on Artificial Life and Evolutionary Strategies - could
you tell? :)
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