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1 Post author: Andreas_Giger 30 January 2013 01:14PM

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Comment author: earthwormchuck163 31 January 2013 02:42:18AM 0 points [-]

I'll give you a second data point to consider. I am a soon-to-be-graduated pure math undergraduate. I have no idea what you are asking, beyond very vague guesses. Nothing in your post or the proceeding discussion is of a "rather mathematical nature", let alone a precise specification of a mathematical problem.

If you think that you are communicating clearly, then you are wrong. Try again.

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Comment author: earthwormchuck163 31 January 2013 03:37:07AM 1 point [-]

Your question is not stated in anything like the standard terminology of game theory and decision theory. It's also not clear what you are asking on an informal level. What do you mean by "analogous"?

Comment author: Andreas_Giger 31 January 2013 03:58:45AM -1 points [-]

What do you mean by "analogous"?

I'm not surprised you don't understand what I'm asking when you don't read what I write.

Comment author: earthwormchuck163 31 January 2013 04:15:29AM 0 points [-]

I did read that. It either doesn't say anything at all, or else it trivializes the problem when you unpack it.

Also, this is not worth my time. I'm out.

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 31 January 2013 03:31:07AM 1 point [-]

What you have stated is unclear enough that I can't recognize it as a problem in either game theory or decision theory, and meanwhile you are being very rude. Disincentivizing people who try to help you is not a good way to convince people to help you.

Comment author: Andreas_Giger 31 January 2013 04:09:13AM * 0 points [-]

That's because it's not strictly speaking a problem in GT/DT, it's a problem (or meta-problem if you want to call it that) about GT/DT. It's not "which decision should agent X make", but "how can we prove that problems A and B are identical."

Concerning the matter of rudeness, suppose you write a post and however many comments about a mathematical issue, only for someone who doesn't even read what you write and says he has no idea what you're talking about to conclude that you're not talking about mathematics. I find that rude.

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