Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login
Edgar Allen Poe story reveals a flaw in game theory (sciencenews.org)
3 points by soundsop on June 22, 2008 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



Summary: humans are biased, and contrary to title, game theory still sound.

Recommendation: do not read.


They misspelled Poe's middle name to boot.


Any game where some players are not perfect allows this kind of exploiting them - http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~darse/rsbpc.html game theory still holds.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: