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Peter Hague
Peter Hague@peterrhague·
Amazing how lots of self appointed game theory experts confidently asserting that blue is the stupid choice. But every time this poll is run blue wins. Not only is the “game theory” answer predicting the wrong outcome, its explanatory power is based on it being able to predict the right answer. So it’s doubly wrong.
Tim Urban@waitbutwhy

Everyone in the world has to take a private vote by pressing a red or blue button. If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives. If less than 50% of people press the blue button, only people who pressed the red button survive. Which button would you press?

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econoBlogger
econoBlogger@theEconBlog·
@peterrhague Game theory assumes all agents are rational and have full understanding of the situation. Theres no real stakes for an online poll, make it real and the results will change.
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John Daniels
John Daniels@JustAnAlgorithm·
@theEconBlog @peterrhague Do you see who's president of the United States, where do you get the idea that the world is full of rational actors?
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