[grey_whiskers]

The authors then describe ‘the simplest of the devices that would have worked’. Solomon announces that whoever does not end up with the baby will be fined unless they immediately admit to lying. If no one comes clean, the child is auctioned. As long as the true mother is prepared to pay more than the false mother, then this mechanism induces the fake mother to own up. No money changes hands. The real mother gets the baby. This would be the simplest proof of Solomon’s sagacity.

What a crock of shit.

This only works if you *know* the real mom has the wherewithal to pay more than the fake mom; AND that the fake mom (who already had committed kidnapping and perjury) didn't have some psychological disorder which compelled her to get the living baby at all costs.

(Recall the grisly crimes where a pregnant woman was murdered and her unborn, near-term baby stolen so that the murderer could 'have a child of her own' which she then pretended was hers.)

"In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, they're not."

Cheers!

[rmlew]

The really sad part is that the delusional lemmings, who have proclaimed themselves “Realists”, rigidly apply the same preconceived notions of game theory as the absolute models on international affairs. They assume that Iran will act rationally because it is in their long term interest to cooperate.