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On Saturday 14 June 2008 01:43:58 Mark A. Taff wrote:
> On Friday 13 June 2008 18:45:27 Matthew Woehlke wrote:
> > In an emotionally-charged conversation, it's easy to read animosity
> > where none was intended, sometimes when where none was present. That's
> > why IMO the strategy you (Mark) cite above is the WORST possible
> > strategy in such a situation. I'm curious, actually, under what
> > circumstances you feel that strategy is "highly effective". (I'm
> > assuming that your intention is *not* to troll ;-).)
>
> Matthew: Tit for tat is a strategy from game theory.  You can check out
> wikipedia for an overview:

That might have actually worked for you had you not started off by provokin=
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Aaron (and many of the rest of us).  Whether you intended to do so, or were=
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misinterpreted, the outcome was the same.  You touched off a death spiral f=
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the very beginning.

=46unny thing is ... in my experience, and in the experience of most people=
 I've=20
talked to about this, death spirals happen a *lot* in social situations usi=
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unmodified tit for tat.  (Elementary school playgrounds, anyone?)  As Matt=
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said, it's easy to infer a defection when none actually occurs.

Please modify your strategy to take this into account.  Or, at the very lea=
st,=20
please don't take things said here so personally.  Most of the time, it's=20
really not worth getting upset over.

=2D- Josh


=2D-=20
Joshua J. Berry

"I haven't lost my mind -- it's backed up on tape somewhere."
    -- /usr/games/fortune


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