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minus-squarejoenforcer@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down9·7 days agoEver hear of the prisoner’s dilemma?
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·7 days agoName dropping a game theory hypothetical is not an argument.
minus-squarejoenforcer@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down11·7 days 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.
minus-squareDessalines@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·7 days ago“Hey friend, can you share some of your potato chips?” “Sorry, prisoners dilemma, can’t.”
Ever hear of the prisoner’s dilemma?
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.
“Hey friend, can you share some of your potato chips?”
“Sorry, prisoners dilemma, can’t.”
Yep, you got it!