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]]> By: Presh Talwalkar http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/08/26/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-game-theorist-a-tribute-to-one-year-of-game-theory-tuesdays/comment-page-1/#comment-2533 Presh Talwalkar Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:14:56 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/?p=559#comment-2533 <b><em>DrObviousSo</b></em>: Thanks for the glowing comment. I also try to be strategic in taking samples given my history as a candy taster. The connection with game theory came to me when reading "Thinking Strategically" by Dixit and Nalebuff. That book really opened my eyes to the strategy of everyday situations. DrObviousSo: Thanks for the glowing comment. I also try to be strategic in taking samples given my history as a candy taster. The connection with game theory came to me when reading “Thinking Strategically” by Dixit and Nalebuff. That book really opened my eyes to the strategy of everyday situations.

]]> By: DrObviousSo http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/08/26/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-game-theorist-a-tribute-to-one-year-of-game-theory-tuesdays/comment-page-1/#comment-2482 DrObviousSo Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:03:23 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/?p=559#comment-2482 Interesting. Whenever I go to costco, I make it a point to never buy whatever the sample is, unless it was something I was planning on getting anyway. If I really like it, I file it away and think about buying it next time. Pretty cool to see to links related directly to that (food samples and strategic commitment) right next to each other I've just found this blog, and reading the archives has been fascinating. Continue the good work. Interesting. Whenever I go to costco, I make it a point to never buy whatever the sample is, unless it was something I was planning on getting anyway. If I really like it, I file it away and think about buying it next time.

Pretty cool to see to links related directly to that (food samples and strategic commitment) right next to each other

I’ve just found this blog, and reading the archives has been fascinating. Continue the good work.

]]> By: SA http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/08/26/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-game-theorist-a-tribute-to-one-year-of-game-theory-tuesdays/comment-page-1/#comment-2464 SA Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:08:49 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/?p=559#comment-2464 i commented on the dark knight article, it would be quite good to see a discussion on here of last night's episode of 'big brother' in the UK. it was quite good, BB said to two of the contestants, "you're now going to play a game called prisoner's dilemma", it went as follows. http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/news/newsstory.jsp?id=15252 they both decided to 'share' in the end. from an entertainment perspective it was a shame that two relatively boring/sappish housemates got put up to play the game. it would have been good if one of the nastier ones had been put up... if it had been me i'd have finked in a heartbeat. it was basically a classic PD [although i think that technically taking was what you call a weakly rather than strictly dominant strategy]. i guess the reason that they wimped out was that they knew they would be interacting with the other person in the days to come & also somehow thought that finking would affect their popularity & earnings potential in the outside world. i commented on the dark knight article, it would be quite good to see a discussion on here of last night’s episode of ‘big brother’ in the UK.

it was quite good, BB said to two of the contestants, “you’re now going to play a game called prisoner’s dilemma”, it went as follows.

http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/news/newsstory.jsp?id=15252

they both decided to ‘share’ in the end. from an entertainment perspective it was a shame that two relatively boring/sappish housemates got put up to play the game. it would have been good if one of the nastier ones had been put up… if it had been me i’d have finked in a heartbeat.

it was basically a classic PD [although i think that technically taking was what you call a weakly rather than strictly dominant strategy].

i guess the reason that they wimped out was that they knew they would be interacting with the other person in the days to come & also somehow thought that finking would affect their popularity & earnings potential in the outside world.

]]> By: Presh Talwalkar http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/08/26/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-game-theorist-a-tribute-to-one-year-of-game-theory-tuesdays/comment-page-1/#comment-2451 Presh Talwalkar Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:16:50 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/?p=559#comment-2451 <b><em>Seth</b></em>: You got me! Yes, I am guilty of listing only self promoting comments there. In my defense, I have received a ton of negative comments/emails from my popular Dark Knight article. I needed a little boost :) And in fact, many of the thought provoking were people who correctly pointed out errors in my logic. See Eyal's narration in my encryption article: http://tinyurl.com/68sowc Or Michael's comments in the beauty contest: http://tinyurl.com/6h8vb5 Or Glenn's comment about smoking: http://tinyurl.com/55rokt Yes, perhaps an article on self-promotion is in order. Thanks for the suggestion. Seth:
You got me! Yes, I am guilty of listing only self promoting comments there. In my defense, I have received a ton of negative comments/emails from my popular Dark Knight article. I needed a little boost :)

And in fact, many of the thought provoking were people who correctly pointed out errors in my logic.

See Eyal’s narration in my encryption article:
http://tinyurl.com/68sowc

Or Michael’s comments in the beauty contest:
http://tinyurl.com/6h8vb5

Or Glenn’s comment about smoking:
http://tinyurl.com/55rokt

Yes, perhaps an article on self-promotion is in order. Thanks for the suggestion.

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