7 ideas
1554 | Contradiction is impossible, since only one side of the argument refers to the true facts [Prodicus, by Didymus the Blind] |
22725 | When players don't meet again, defection is the best strategy [Axelrod] |
22724 | Good strategies avoid conflict, respond to hostility, forgive, and are clear [Axelrod] |
9425 | Lewis later proposed the axioms at the intersection of the best theories (which may be few) [Mumford on Lewis] |
1555 | People used to think anything helpful to life was a god, as the Egyptians think the Nile a god [Prodicus] |
1543 | He denied the existence of the gods, saying they are just exaltations of things useful for life [Prodicus] |
535 | The gods are just personified human benefits [Prodicus] |