Definition of mad situation Let's imagine the following situation: 1) There is a game in which payoff functions are randomly generated for n roles in this game. Players can analyze these payoff functions and make independent moves that will determine the payoff in the current round. 2) There are 2...
I would appreciate your criticism. I have encountered a certain problem related to how we use our mental models in chaotic situations, namely that we often try to perceive chaos through regular models. This can be called a certain cognitive distortion, I think. For example, in cases with relationships, at...
Let's imagine the following situation:
1) There is a game in which payoff functions are randomly generated for n roles in this game. Players can analyze these payoff functions and make independent moves that will determine the payoff in the current round.
2) There are 2 groups:
madmen who play each move completely randomly and
intelligent egoistic agents
3) Each group consists of n people such that all roles are occupied by people within each group.
4) Each group constantly plays more and more new rounds, so we estimate how big the payoffs of each player are on average.
The question is:
Are there payoff functions for which the madness strategy dominates the egoism strategy?
If so, how... (read 306 more words →)
I would appreciate your criticism.
I have encountered a certain problem related to how we use our mental models in chaotic situations, namely that we often try to perceive chaos through regular models.
This can be called a certain cognitive distortion, I think.
For example, in cases with relationships, at the moment your optimal action may be to please the person. But if you continue to please the person too much, then this can make it so that he begins to get used to it, and this in turn leads to his disadaptation to the external environment, which entails problems if this person ever wanted to leave the comfort zone and do something.
That is, considering... (read more)