A relatively benign communication problem in a virtual TTRPG game sent me down memory lane and into the pits of the Theory of Fairness, and I saw no good reason to spare you that.
Category: Game Theory
Z*ro F*cks Fr*day–A Troll’s Tale
TL;DR: This is not a revenge post. Only arguments, nothing personal, save maybe this “sign of adoration of stupidity”—if you don’t get it, that’s okay, it’s food for troll. Surviving leukemia taught me that immediate reactions are a waste of perfectly good neurotransmitters. So I try not to engage online folks with strong opinions and…
TMI Tuesday–Contests in Cortex as Sequential Games
This post should have been titled: “Cortex’s Contests as Sequential Bayesian Games with Behavioral Strategies.” It was a bit much, so I left the Bayesian part out.
Theory Thursday–Game Theory Storytelling: The Stag Hunt
Game Theory is not really about games, but it’s about interactions and you can mine it for good drama—-here with a game-theory favorite, and it’s not the Prisoner’s Dilemma
The Polverine 