Conventions and constraints reduce ambiguity the way language constraints reduce garbles

Evidence

The “clues” under discussion in this paper would then appear to be so much free communication to be taken advantage of; and it is an empirical question what free communication a rational player should be able to find and take for granted. Just as esthetic or syntactic constraints on a language help to eliminate garbles in a badly transmitted message, esthetic or dramaturgical constraints, casuistic or geometric constraints, can help to eliminate ambiguousness in a situation where tacit concerted choice is required. — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 680

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘free communication’ resources available to tacit cooperation map onto the institutional conventions (like the Godfather-bond) the reader is analyzing in the Mafia context. — connects to: Relying on isolated phrases ripped from context commits a fallacy — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1232; Misunderstanding is the norm rather than an anomaly in communication — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 759; Saying anything requires a contingent positional wager inside language (+1 more)

Related

• Saying anything requires a contingent positional wager inside language (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Misunderstanding is the norm rather than an anomaly in communication #corroborates (0.75) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 759
• Relying on isolated phrases ripped from context commits a fallacy #corroborates (0.72) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1232