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    The 33% threshold assumes fixed strategy distributions, b... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→If the proportion of Fairmen falls below 33%, Fairmen tend toward extinction.

    The 33% threshold assumes fixed strategy distributions, but Skyrms (1996) shows that deliberational dynamics allow agents to update strategies faster than selection eliminates them.

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    Brian Skyrms(the philosopher being cited)
    A contemporary American philosopher who studies how social cooperation and game theory can explain human behavior and evolution.
    Deliberational dynamics(contrasted with natural selection)
    The way that thinking and reasoning change over time as agents consciously decide to switch to better strategies.
    Fixed(as used to describe whether an action's probability is already decided)
    Already determined or settled; unable to change.
    Selection(as the mechanism being applied across different domains)
    A process where certain traits or characteristics survive and spread because they work better than others, like how the strongest animals are more likely to survive and have offspring.
    Strategy distribution

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    (game theory and evolutionary dynamics)
    A description of what percentage or proportion of a group is using each different approach or tactic to solve a problem.
    Update strategies(what agents do when they learn something works better)
    To change or switch to a new plan of action based on new information or experience.
    agents(referring to people in this philosophical discussion)
    People, or more broadly, any thinking being capable of having beliefs and making decisions.

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