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Harvey Dam

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Preprint Sep 2026

First Attack, Final Offensive: The Dark Forest on an Open Roster

The Dark Forest argument holds that a civilization that detects another should strike it at once; existing formal models make the detected civilization the object of the strike and play it on a roster the attacker knows to be complete, but this paper changes both choices.

Harvey Dam · 0 citations

Preprint Sep 2026

A Dark Forest First Attack Is Rational Only If the Attacker Accepts It as Its Last

The Dark Forest argument holds that a civilization that detects another should strike it at once, so detection, and any transmission that invites it, is danger. Existing models make the detected civilization the object of the strike and play the strike on a roster the attacker knows; where they advise restraint, the ad...

Harvey Dam · 0 citations