shokwave comments on Real World Solutions to Prisoners' Dilemmas - Less Wrong

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Comment author: shokwave 03 July 2012 05:04:36AM *  10 points [-]

Game theory is particularly interesting because it adds up to normalcy so fast - very simple math on very simple situations very rapidly describes real life, macro-level behaviour.

Tom Siegfried has a powerful quote: Game theory captures something about how the world works. (note: bizarre HTML book setup, read pg 73-5)