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The coin flip on the main puzzle is assuming each person proposes exactly one color: do you switch or stay the same. So there is guaranteed to be at most a pai
by mjmahone17 5y ago
The coin flip on the main puzzle is assuming each person proposes exactly one color: do you switch or stay the same.
So there is guaranteed to be at most a pair of colors, and the goal is to eventually get agreement between those two options.
- y7 5y agoWhat do you do they come up with a different but equally compelling strategy at the same time? One of you is going to have to start following the other person's strategy, but what if you do so at the same time?
- mjmahone17 5y agoRight exactly. So long as at least one of you uses a coin flip to switch between the strategy they last suggested and the strategy you last suggested it will work.
- y7 5y agoHow will you know when you're in sync?
- totony 5y ago>But I have got a coin in my pocket, and from now on, I intend each round to flip the coin, sending the red message on heads and the blue message on tails. If you do likewise, then we are very likely in a few rounds to hit upon the same message, and then we shall win on the next round by following through, announcing the agreed-upon color. What if the other person says "But I have got a coin in my pocket, and from now on, I intend each round to flip the coin, sending the green message on heads and the orange message on tails. If you do likewise, then we are very likely in a few rounds to hit upon the same message, and then we shall win on the next round by following through, announcing the agreed-upon color." How do you choose the strategy? If both stick to theirs, then you have a deadlock