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34 Post author: Yvain 15 March 2009 07:30PM

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Comment author: James_Miller 16 March 2009 12:05:03AM 6 points [-]

I published two academic articles showing the relationship between game theory and Greek Mythology. A somewhat objective test of the validity of this relationship is whether Greek mythology can be used to help students achieve a better (as measured by tests) understanding of game theory.

Perhaps a somewhat useful measure of the relationship between two languages is how much learning one helps you master the other.

Comment author: Yvain 16 March 2009 08:36:29PM *  3 points [-]

If it's not a copyright issue/too much trouble, I'd like to see those articles. I've messaged you my email address.

Comment author: [deleted] 26 April 2013 05:40:38PM 1 point [-]

Perhaps a somewhat useful measure of the relationship between two languages is how much learning one helps you master the other.

Sometimes languages end up influencing each other a lot even though they don't share a particularly recent common ancestor.