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Re: virus: TEOTD #14
« Reply #15 on: 2004-09-01 23:13:38 »
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dr Sebby" <drsebby@hotmail.com>

> ...the honorable thing to do would be to give everyone one vote...whoever
is
> voted on twice, is the one who goes.  maybe allow everyone a final
address.
> voting on oneself IS allowed.

What do you do if everyone gets exactly one vote?
What would you do if the other two voted for you?

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RE: virus: TEOTD #14
« Reply #16 on: 2004-09-02 14:52:35 »
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David McFadzean
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 5:17 AM

From: "Blunderov" <squooker@mweb.co.za>

> It may be that the only rational thing to do is to kill the other two
> ASAP!

If you initiate violence you can assume that the other two overpower
you.
Thanks for "volunteering" to save their lives. ;-)

[Blunderov] Somewhat to my chagrin, I think the Politburo may have
solved it. She suggests that the thing to do, if possible, is to form an
alliance with one of the astronauts who is smaller than you. This will
be sufficient force to overpower the other one and also avoid the risk
of being subsequently overpowered by the ally. And later, if push should
come to shove...

(Seemingly there is some advantage to being the smallest one - you are
likely to be offered the chance to survive.)

Note to self: I must be certain never to teach Judy to play chess.

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Re: virus: TEOTD #14
« Reply #17 on: 2004-09-03 11:43:33 »
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You know, I keep thinking about this and I can't get past the fact that it is just too situation dependant.
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First, read Bruce Sterling's "Distraction", and then read http://electionmethods.org.
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Re:TEOTD #14
« Reply #18 on: 2004-09-04 21:53:44 »
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Quote from: David Lucifer on 2004-08-30 20:51:13   

Imagine you are on a space station with two other colleagues (3 of you in total). There is a technical malfunction and ground control determines that you will quickly run out of oxygen. They say that you have no more than 3 days of air left, and it will take at least 4 days to send a rescue mission. You realize that if one of you dies right away, then there will likely be enough air to keep the remaining two alive until you are rescued. For the sake of argument, assume there are no other available options.

What do you do?

I would start with two assumptions:
1) All three of us are rational
2) No one wants to die

From these I can deduce that we would all choose a 2/3 chance of living over a 100% chance of dying. I think I could get the others to agree to participate in a randomized lottery where the two winners get to live to be rescued. Ideally it would be done in such a way that the one loser never realizes that they lost (e.g. 3 sleeping pills, one of which is fatal).

Would anyone here refuse to participate? If so, why?
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