Does it Pay to be Nice? Game Theory and Evolution Game theory is an interesting branch of mathematics with links across a large number of disciplines - from politics to economics to biology and psychology. The most well known example is that of the Prisoner's Dilemma. (Illustrated below). Two prisoners are taken into custody and... Continue Reading →
How to Win at Rock, Paper, Scissors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rudzYPHuewc How to Win at Rock, Paper, Scissors You might think that winning at rock, paper, scissors was purely a matter of chance - after all mathematically each outcome has the same probability. We can express the likelihood of winning in terms of a game theory grid: It is clear that in theory you would... Continue Reading →
Does it Pay to be Nice? Game Theory and Evolution
Does it Pay to be Nice? Game Theory and Evolution Game theory is an interesting branch of mathematics with links across a large number of disciplines - from politics to economics to biology and psychology. The most well known example is that of the Prisoner's Dilemma. (Illustrated below). Two prisoners are taken into custody and... Continue Reading →