Comments on: Oversimplicity http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/miscellaneous/oversimplicity/ The blogs of Tim Hall Fri, 14 Apr 2017 23:35:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.41 By: Tim Hall http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/miscellaneous/oversimplicity/comment-page-1/#comment-961 Sat, 16 Sep 2006 22:05:44 +0000 http://kalyr.co.uk/wordpress/?p=488#comment-961 I think you might have missed the point of Rosenfelder’s post; he’s saying that acting against your immediate short-term interests *shouldn’t* be dismissed as irrational or emotional, because it’s in your own (and everyone else’s) longer-term interest not to encourage people to screw each other over.

]]> By: Amadan http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/miscellaneous/oversimplicity/comment-page-1/#comment-960 Sat, 16 Sep 2006 20:33:32 +0000 http://kalyr.co.uk/wordpress/?p=488#comment-960 The problem with game theory applied to real-life problems is that it assumes all players are acting with complete rationality, devoid of emotions or any other motives beyond maximizing one’s own gain.

In reality, people will frequently act “against their own interests” if they think they’re being screwed.

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