"Why Winning in Rock-Paper-Scissors isn't Everything" Topic
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| Tango01 | 11 Apr 2018 1:05 p.m. PST |
"ROCK-PAPER-SCISSORS WORKS GREAT for deciding who has to take out the garbage. But have you ever noticed what happens when, instead of playing best of three, you just let the game continue round after round? At first, you play a pattern that gives you the upper hand, but then your opponent quickly catches on and turns things in her favor. As strategies evolve, a point is reached where neither side seems to be able to improve any further. Why does that happen? In 1950, the mathematician John Nash proved that in any kind of game with a finite number of players and a finite number of options—like Rock-Paper-Scissors—a mix of strategies always exists where no single player can do any better by changing their own strategy alone. The theory behind such stable strategy profiles, which came to be known as "Nash equilibria," revolutionized the field of game theory, altering the course of economics and changing the way everything from political treaties to network traffic is studied and analyzed. And it earned Nash the Nobel Prize in 1994…."
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| zoneofcontrol | 11 Apr 2018 2:19 p.m. PST |
"And it earned Nash the Nobel Prize in 1994…." I wonder what method they used to determine that he was the winner. |
 etotheipi  | 11 Apr 2018 2:41 p.m. PST |
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| Cyrus the Great | 11 Apr 2018 3:25 p.m. PST |
That's why you add lizard and Spock! |
| Mithmee | 11 Apr 2018 6:43 p.m. PST |
For those who don't know Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock. YouTube link Scissors cuts Paper
Paper covers Rock
Rock crushes Lizard
Lizard poisons Spock
Spock smashes Scissors
Scissors beheads Lizard
Lizard eats Paper
Paper disproves Spock
Spock vaporizes Rock
Rock crushes Scissors YouTube link So next time use ROCK PAPER SCISSORS LIZARD SPOCK |
| Mithmee | 11 Apr 2018 6:44 p.m. PST |
Oh and if you are going up against a bunch of complete nerds use either Paper or Lizard since they will almost always go with Spock. |
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