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@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ _ How Dumb Do You Think We Are?
 https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/4ZvJab25tDebB8FGE/you-have-about-five-words : well, that explains the TWAW mantra
 
 
+First-Offender Models and the Unilateralist's Blessing
+The Parable of the Faithful Man and the Cowardly Priest
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 Game Theory of "Apartment Patty"
 
 Virtue Signaling Is Costly and Honest
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 _ Tue: Social Strategy Notes, July 2019
 
 Servants of the Egregore (write-up of egregore theory as told by "Wilhelm")
-Kolmogorov's Iron Triangle; Or, the Not-Being-a-Worthless-Coward Option (epigraph quote: Raleigh's "The Lie")—(include analogy: the fear that atheism would lead to immortality given that ppl don't have to fear Hell, wouldn't have seemed obviously absurd at the time)
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+Kolmogorov's Iron Triangle; Or, the Not-Being-a-Worthless-Coward Option (epigraph quote: Raleigh's "The Lie")—(include analogy: the fear that atheism would lead to immortality given that ppl don't have to fear Hell, wouldn't have seemed obviously absurd at the time) — honesty, ability to think, and mainstream credibility. The Kolmogorov option sacrifices a lot of honesty in exchange for mainstream credibility. This might seem like a good trade until you consider that "honesty" and "ability to think" aren't independent (because people are bad at compartmentalization and we need to talk to each other to think together).
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 Research Question: Complicity
 The Motte-and-Bailey Doctrine as Compression Artifact
 Trying to Be Explicit