Anmerkungen:
Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments August 25, 2022 erstellt
Beschreibung:
Two agents exchange their guesses about a state of the world infinitely many times. A small departure from common knowledge of rationality can have a severe impact on the beliefs and behavior of an extremist: while initial periods of disagreement produce a temporary convergence of beliefs, perpetual disagreement induces reversion to the prior. Paradoxically, a late change of opinion by the counterpart induces the extremist to switch sides because the change reassures him that the counterpart is intellectually capable and honest