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minus-squarejoenforcerlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down9·8 hours agoEver hear of the prisoner’s dilemma?
minus-squareDessalines@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 hours ago“Hey friend, can you share some of your potato chips?” “Sorry, prisoners dilemma, can’t.”
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·8 hours agoName dropping a game theory hypothetical is not an argument.
minus-squarejoenforcerlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down10·7 hours 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.