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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-25•2 months agoGame theory is a better name for the YouTube channel than the academic field.
minus-squareMinusPi (she/they)linkfedilinkEnglish38•2 months agoNo? It’s a field of math, which are typically called theories, that studies games.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-15•2 months agoIt doesn’t study games, it studies competitive systems. Mathematicians chose to call competitive systems games and that was a mistake.
minus-squareMinusPi (she/they)linkfedilinkEnglish23•2 months agoIt studies cooperative systems too. The most specific term that covers everything in it really is Game.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•edit-22 months agoAnd what’s a concise word to describe a system in which participants make decisions within some ruleset where the interaction between each participant’s decisions and the ruleset leads to determining whether each participant wins or loses?
Game theory is a better name for the YouTube channel than the academic field.
No? It’s a field of math, which are typically called theories, that studies games.
It doesn’t study games, it studies competitive systems. Mathematicians chose to call competitive systems games and that was a mistake.
It studies cooperative systems too. The most specific term that covers everything in it really is Game.
Sounds like somebody doesn’t enjoy competition.
Lol, they just lost at game theory.
And what’s a concise word to describe a system in which participants make decisions within some ruleset where the interaction between each participant’s decisions and the ruleset leads to determining whether each participant wins or loses?