>From our perspective - an act of "desperation" and act of "faith" could be
the same thing. I would say that "yes" is the answer. Even though I hope it
doesn't happen to me, I cant be 100% sure how I would act in a situation
that extreme. Is anyone here that sure?
It was I that posted the ST:TOS thing.
Bill Roh
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-virus@lucifer.com [mailto:owner-virus@lucifer.com] On Behalf Of
KMO
Sent: Monday, February 22, 1999 1:05 AM To: virus@lucifer.com Subject: Re: virus: The Prisoner's Dilemma
David McFadzean wrote:
> >While it would be rational to adopt the most adaptive strategy, it
> >doesn't follow that the most adaptive strategy is rationality.
>
> Maybe not, but the meta-strategy of adopting the most adaptive
> strategy *is* rationality.
-KMO