I wrote a reflection on Game Theory and partner abuse. Curious about this community's thoughts.
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I confess: I’ve been getting sucked into the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial. Last week devolved into a blur of articles, Twitter threads, and subreddits, culminating in the testimony of the two protagonists themselves.
It got to the point where I was posting comments.
There’s a problem at the center of the case: when both sides accuse one another, how do we know who to believe?
Game Theory can be helpful here: it’s a field which uses math to model strategic interactions and make sense of human behavior. Once I started thinking about Game Theory, the Depp-Heard trial lost some of its... (read 4616 more words →)