http://sarazen3.stumbleupon.com/ sarazen3's recent comments & reviews on StumbleUpon en-us Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:33:49 -0800 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:45:43 -0700 http://sarazen3.stumbleupon.com/ http://cdn.stumble-upon.com/images/logo_su_36x36.png Sat, 09 Feb 2008 06:49:25 -0800 http://www.stumbleupon.com/to/2AGbnj/www.dklevine.com/general/whatis.htm/t:4af9256d1186c;src:reviews http://sarazen3.stumbleupon.com/review/17199844/ What economists call game theory psychologists call the theory of social situations, which is an accurate description of what game theory is about. Although game theory is relevant to parlor games such as poker or bridge, most research in game theory focuses on how groups of people interact. There are two main branches of game theory: cooperative and noncooperative game theory. Noncooperative game theory deals largely with how intelligent individuals interact with one another in an effort to achieve their own goals. That is the branch of game theory I will discuss here.

]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.dklevine.com/general/whatis.htm Sat, 09 Feb 2008 06:40:42 -0800 http://www.stumbleupon.com/to/5sOVPF/www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/214?corn/t:4af9256d1186c;src:reviews http://sarazen3.stumbleupon.com/review/17199666/ What if human consciousness isn't the end-all and be-all of Darwinism? What if we are all just pawns in corn's clever strategy game, the ultimate prize of which is world domination? Author Michael Pollan asks us to see things from a plant's-eye view -- to consider the possibility that nature isn't opposed to culture, that biochemistry rivals intellect as a survival tool. By merely shifting our perspective, he argues, we can heal the Earth. Who's the more sophisticated species now?

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