The Dark Forest, Aliens, And A Hostile Galaxy (Narration Only)
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
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The Prisoner's Dilemma
Game theory is an amazing tool that also gets misused a lot, because it's mostly about actions you should take when you have a very clear set of limited choices and no real ability to negotiate or discuss options with someone else. The prisoner's dilemma where two criminals are given the option of ratting each other out and both choose to do so rather than keep quiet does work on paper but not in reality. Earth has shown astronomically visible telltales of life far longer than we've had fire and technology. Nobody would ever believe that they lived a galaxy of ancient genocidal predators and just got lucky and missed by them. We didn't hide from anyone, let alone some determined
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