~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, On Sun, 21 Apr 1996 jamesd@echeque.com wrote:
This mechanism was tried extensively on the extropians list, and in my judgement it was totally unsuccessful.
This is not extropians. We are more anarchic, less ideological and more goal oriented.
When money is at stake, flames concerning ill considered factual claims are replaced by power moves to manipulate the system, obtain corrupt adjudicators, and intimidate, exclude and silence dispute in order to win, or conceal evasion of, ill considered bets.
And you like endless cross-talking better? In any event, the problems you mentioned primarily impact the combatants and are (in my opinion) easily structured out of the system.
This would work at $100. But the temptation is always to escalate the bet, to win by bluffing, with the result that the dispute is escalated, rather than resolved.
Again, compare it to the current "solution."
At $500, our problem would become much worse, rather than much better.
Here we agree, 100%. S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~