Backyard cat fight shows Schelling points preexist language — LessWrong
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Two cats fighting for control over my backyard appear to have settled on a particular chain-link fence as the delineation between their territories.…
x Backyard cat fight shows Schelling points preexist language — LessWrong Coordination / Cooperation Evolutionary Psychology Game Theory Metaethics World Modeling Frontpage 2026 Top Fifty: 4 % 172 Backyard cat fight shows Schelling points preexist language by jchan 14th Jan 2026 4 min read 25 172 Two cats fighting for control over my backyard appear to have settled on a particular chain-link fence as the delineation between their territories. This suggests that: Animals are capable of recognizing Schelling points Therefore, Schelling points do not depend on language for their Schelling-ness Th
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