Comments on: Learning Evolved, Part III: Coalitionary Education http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/10/15/learning-evolved-part-iii-coalitionary-education.html High-minded, fanatically malthusian perspectives Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:18:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sean http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/10/15/learning-evolved-part-iii-coalitionary-education.html/comment-page-1#comment-15090 Sean Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/10/15/learning-evolved-part-iii-coalitionary-education.html#comment-15090 <p>'The benefits of cheating increases with each cheater deterred from free-riding'<br /> <br /> is that a misprint? if not, can you explain to me how it makes sense in the flow of that paragraph?</p> 'The benefits of cheating increases with each cheater deterred from free-riding'

is that a misprint? if not, can you explain to me how it makes sense in the flow of that paragraph?

]]> By: Dan tdaxp http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/10/15/learning-evolved-part-iii-coalitionary-education.html/comment-page-1#comment-15091 Dan tdaxp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/10/15/learning-evolved-part-iii-coalitionary-education.html#comment-15091 <p>Thank you, O my editor :-) The benefits of punishing, not cheating, increase with each cheater deterred. The inspiration of this line [1]:<br /> <br /> "Contributors have higher fitness than defectors if punishers are sufficiently common that the cost of being punished exceeds the cost of cooperating (py > c)."<br /> <br /> The text should be corrected now. <br /> <br /> Interestingly, as punishment goes up with deviation from the norm and one's own contribution, the situation for cheaters gets worse with every cheater deterred in another way, too.<br /> <br /> [1] <a href="http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/09/06/don-t-get-suckered.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/09/06/don-t-get-suckered.html</a></p> Thank you, O my editor :-) The benefits of punishing, not cheating, increase with each cheater deterred. The inspiration of this line [1]:

“Contributors have higher fitness than defectors if punishers are sufficiently common that the cost of being punished exceeds the cost of cooperating (py > c).”

The text should be corrected now.

Interestingly, as punishment goes up with deviation from the norm and one's own contribution, the situation for cheaters gets worse with every cheater deterred in another way, too.

[1] http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/09/06/don-t-get-suckered.html

]]> By: Sean http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/10/15/learning-evolved-part-iii-coalitionary-education.html/comment-page-1#comment-15092 Sean Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/10/15/learning-evolved-part-iii-coalitionary-education.html#comment-15092 <p>i was racking my little brain, trying to make sense of it. glad to be of service.<br /> <br /> another nice post</p> i was racking my little brain, trying to make sense of it. glad to be of service.

another nice post

]]> By: Dan tdaxp http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/10/15/learning-evolved-part-iii-coalitionary-education.html/comment-page-1#comment-15093 Dan tdaxp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/10/15/learning-evolved-part-iii-coalitionary-education.html#comment-15093 <p>Glad you liked it. But I remember way back in the inspiration for this series [1] that Christine was skeptical. Does this address her points? Do her concerns still stand? Interested bloggers (who thrive off criticism) need to know! :-)<br /> <br /> [1] <a href="http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/10/07/classroom-democracy-part-iv-the-evolution-of-learning.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/10/07/classroom-democracy-part-iv-the-evolution-of-learning.html</a></p> Glad you liked it. But I remember way back in the inspiration for this series [1] that Christine was skeptical. Does this address her points? Do her concerns still stand? Interested bloggers (who thrive off criticism) need to know! :-)

[1] http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/10/07/classroom-democracy-part-iv-the-evolution-of-learning.html

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