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Podcast: Beer and Conversation with Pigweed and Crowhill
Episode: 354: Game theory
Description: The boys drink and review Partake IPA, a no-alcohol beer, then discuss game theory.
Game theory is an attempt to express the calculations that go on in a game as mathematics. It makes certain assumptions.
1. The game has to include multiple players
2. The players must interact with each other
3. There needs to be a reward
4. You assume the players act rationally
5. You assume the players act in their own personal interest
Those things are not always...