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Comment author: Lumifer 10 December 2013 07:57:07PM 0 points [-]

Game theory would be solved if there were a set of reasonable criteria which, if applied to every possible game of rational players, would cause you to know what the players would do.

To continue with physics: physics would be solved if there were a set of reasonable criteria which, if applied to every possible interaction of particles, would cause you to know what the particles would do.

Comment author: James_Miller 10 December 2013 08:38:05PM *  1 point [-]

Consider a situation in which using physics you could prove that (1) X won't happen, and (2) X will happen. If this situation existed physics wouldn't be capable of being solved, but my understanding of science is that such a situation is unlikely to exist. Alas, this kind of situation does come up in game theory.

Comment author: Lumifer 10 December 2013 08:45:24PM 0 points [-]

Consider a situation in which using physics you could prove that (1) X won't happen, and (2) X will happen.

Well, it's math but...

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