It might not be obvious, but I don't think this is a strategy that should be applied frivolously to real world problems. This is why I stressed that this was the real game to me. Conventional wisdom should only be set aside when it makes sense. It became "conventional" and "wisdom" for a reason.

"That's brilliant," Cargill said warmly. "A brilliant suggestion, Mr. Staley."

"Then we'll do it?"

"We will not. [...] And besides, it's a nitwit idea."

"Yes, sir."

"Nitwit ideas are for emergencies. You use them when you've got nothing else to try. If they work, they go in the Book. Otherwise, you follow the Book, which is largely a collection of nitwit ideas that worked."

The Mote In God's Eye
Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle