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Game Theory and the like...
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Date: 
Thu, 13 Jan 2000 21:00:56 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Franks writes:
To be fair, I have to point out that Prisoners Dilemma requires participants
to be unable to communicate - if you don't know what the other person is
going to do then the safest strategy is the one that gives less consistent
drawbacks. Even if the other strategy is best for everyone concerned.

If there is no communication between people, and no sense of society, then
this could happen though - definately!

  I saw a program once on game theory as it applied to this sort of thing.
Fascinating (to me), though my background in such matters is limited, and my
knowledge of statistics amounts to knowing that I will *probably* be able to
catch the bus tonight.


PS. My honours thesis is on Artificial Life and Evolutionary Strategies -
could you tell? :)

  Have you read Rich Doyle's "On Beyond Life"?  It's a rhetorical look at the
deconstruction of "life" into "DNA."  On the whole it's a little too
Postmodern for my tastes, but it's an engaging read!

     Dave!



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