Poplar?@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoGame theoryi.imgur.comimagemessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1654arrow-down161
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minus-squareMindTravellerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down26·4 months agoIt doesn’t study games, it studies competitive systems. Mathematicians chose to call competitive systems games and that was a mistake.
minus-squareMinusPi (she/they)@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·4 months agoIt studies cooperative systems too. The most specific term that covers everything in it really is Game.
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·4 months agoSounds like somebody doesn’t enjoy competition.
minus-squareSteal Wool@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoLol, they just lost at game theory.
minus-squareUltraviolet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-24 months agoAnd what’s a concise word to describe a system in which participants make decisions within some ruleset where the interaction between each participant’s decisions and the ruleset leads to determining whether each participant wins or loses?
It doesn’t study games, it studies competitive systems. Mathematicians chose to call competitive systems games and that was a mistake.
It studies cooperative systems too. The most specific term that covers everything in it really is Game.
Sounds like somebody doesn’t enjoy competition.
Lol, they just lost at game theory.
And what’s a concise word to describe a system in which participants make decisions within some ruleset where the interaction between each participant’s decisions and the ruleset leads to determining whether each participant wins or loses?