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probabilistic-payors-lemma

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Statement

A probabilistic form of Payor's lemma holds and yields cooperation in multi-agent self-referential settings without Löb's theorem.

Source

The LessWrong tag Payor's Lemma (https://www.lesswrong.com/tag/payor-s-lemma), cited at projects/deference/faf-cleanroom-2026-10-02/sources/references/bli/understanding-trust/understanding-trust-aisc-readings.md, line 117, as a direction for trust between agents; projects/deference/faf-cleanroom-2026-10-02/sources/references/bli/chats/bli-chat-2024-12-09-udt-tiling-research-agenda.md, line 122 (Payor's lemma as one of three routes to coordination with others); projects/deference/faf-cleanroom-2026-10-02/packages/dp-troll-bridge/dp-troll-bridge-report.md: FAF has payor, the modal form.

Notes

The content behind the Payor route to coordination. FAF has the modal lemma only; the probabilistic form has no written work in this repository.

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