Do we assume that all eight are hetrosexual?
Jim
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Sent: 04 November 2002 07:53
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Subject: Re: A Beautiful Mind
Chris wrote
> Call me dumb...I saw this film last night on video - I had not
> realised
that
> the main character is John Nash of Nash Equilibria. Fantastic sequence
> in the middle on how the four friends should have the greatest chance
> of
having
> sex...I will use this to introduce game theory for ever.
I liked the film a lot and so did most of my students who saw it. The
incident to which Chris refers is a wonderful cinematic moment but I'm
not sure how far it captures Nash's point.
The 4 men are in a bar, as are 4 women, one of whom is blonde and hence
the most desireable. Leaving the dubious sexual steretyping aside, it
seems to me that this represents, if you'll excuse the phrase, a
"bi-lateral quadropoly" rather than the two producers and many buyers
implied by the simple, prisoner's dilemma, version of game theory we use
in A level.
Unless of course we assume the four women are merely passive responders
to the guys' tactics :-)
Any thoughts?
Dave S
Raffles Junior College
Singapore
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