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> game theory relies on suitably rational actors i don’t believe that that assumption will hold up https://www.cs.ubc.ca/~kevinlb/teaching/cs532a%20-%202005-6
by 9wzYQbTYsAIc 4y ago
> game theory relies on suitably rational actors
i don’t believe that that assumption will hold up
https://www.cs.ubc.ca/~kevinlb/teaching/cs532a%20-%202005-6/Projects/YaminHtun.pdf https://www.cs.ubc.ca/~kevinlb/teaching/cs532a%20-%202005-6/...
in case you don’t read the whole thing:
“In other words, the rational players disguise themselves as irrational; they make others believe they are altruistic, thus forcing others to play cooperatively. Therefore, this approach is also well known as “crazy perturbations.””
Thats a good example of what that researcher discovered back in ‘05
- 9wzYQbTYsAIc 4y agoadditionally, “Though the solution concepts presented do not cover and explain all the possible short- comings of players’ rationality, they made significant contributions of explaining irrationality to the game theory which used to be all about rationality.”