[blml] Positronic brain

Steve Willner willner at cfa.harvard.edu
Mon Oct 9 03:45:39 CEST 2006


From: Herman De Wael <herman at hdw.be>
> You give the auction, without UI, to a 
> number of players. 3 choose alternative A, 1 chooses B. That means 
> that B is a LA. You now add the UI, and all four tell you that it does 
> not alter their choice, even if they wanted to cheat. You would rule 
> against this pair, I wouldn't.

If the UI doesn't alter anyone's choice, why does it suggest A over B? 
If it does suggest that, then yes, I will rule against the player who 
chooses A.  That's what the Laws seem to me to require.

I think this is a fairly rare situation, though.



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