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Comment author: ThisSpaceAvailable 21 January 2014 12:21:50AM 0 points [-]

I want to include material on how to be rational

Normally, game theory aims to be a purely descriptive discipline. Are you planning on taking a normative/prescriptive approach towards it?

Comment author: James_Miller 21 January 2014 01:40:50AM 0 points [-]

Yes. I want students to see that game theory has value for decision making.