Re: Game theorists hope to solve world's crises

Posted by Marcus G. Daniels on
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Game-theorists-hope-to-solve-world-s-crises-tp4100321p4101446.html

glen e. p. ropella wrote:
> It's not that some models
> are more wrong than others.  It's that models are rhetorical devices.
> When you meet a person who really _believes_ her own rhetoric to the
> extent that they are convicted, committed, and unwaveringly confident in
> their own rhetoric ... well, then you KNOW you've got a certifiable
> WACKO on your hands.  Following their consulting would be like following
> Jim Jones to Guyana ...
I think that in these circles if game theory makes propaganda more
compelling that is all that matters.
Why describe something when you can influence it?

Marcus

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