Re: Standard definition

From: Bill Spight (bspight@pacbell.net)
Date: Wed 30 Oct 2002 - 16:42:14 GMT

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    Dear Bill B,

    > > Bill S:
    > > In the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma the performance
    > > is only cooperation
    > > or defection. Neither TIT-FOR-TAT nor any other
    > > strategy can be
    > > described merely in terms of performance.
    > >
    > > Derek:
    > > Yes it can, you just need enough performances to
    > > deduce the the strategy. How else could you infer the
    > > strategy of somebody who refuses to disclose it?
    >
    > Bill B:
    > And you might well arrive at the strategy without even being able to
    > articulate it consciously.
    >

    A great deal of culture is received by such inference, isn't it? :-)

    Best,

    Bill

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