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minus-squarejoenforcer@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down11·1 day agoEver hear of the prisoner’s dilemma?
minus-squareDessalines@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 day ago“Hey friend, can you share some of your potato chips?” “Sorry, prisoners dilemma, can’t.”
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 day agoName dropping a game theory hypothetical is not an argument.
minus-squarejoenforcer@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down14·1 day agoYou’re right, it’s not an argument. But it’s a perfectly sufficient reply to a one-word question that doesn’t properly provide an argument of its own.
Ever hear of the prisoner’s dilemma?
“Hey friend, can you share some of your potato chips?”
“Sorry, prisoners dilemma, can’t.”
Yep, you got it!
Name dropping a game theory hypothetical is not an argument.
You’re right, it’s not an argument. But it’s a perfectly sufficient reply to a one-word question that doesn’t properly provide an argument of its own.