Archive for January, 2008

How Expectations and Adaptation Affect Surprises in Game Theory

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Every Tuesday is a Game Theory article at Mind Your Decisions. In high school, a teacher announced he would give a pop quiz during the next week. I just laughed. Tricks are for rabbits, silly teacher—you can’t surprise a rational student. To explain why, I’ll use the technique of “backwards induction,” which ...

Food Fridays: Cloned Food by the Numbers

Friday, January 18th, 2008

This week the FDA announced that cloned food is safe to eat. I’ve heard about 210 articles—literally all the articles that Google News listed. I’m still forming my opinion on the matter. My initial reaction is that the food is safe to eat, but there are ethical and environmental problems in ...