> There's zero reward in punishing someone for past behaviour A similar argument regarding Roko's Basilisk is that it is effectively a prisoner's dilemma, wher

> There's zero reward in punishing someone for past behaviour A similar argument regarding Roko's Basilisk is that it is effectively a prisoner's dilemma, where the Basilisk torturing us and us not helping it is the Defect-Defect scenario. It makes no sense for either party to defect. > except in the context of altering their future behaviour. It really seems like a very contrived version of Pascal's mugging.