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Game Theory episodes
- Pokemon Cards - Collect or play? Keep or Sell?Contact the show: [email protected]Pokemon cards have made a huge comeback for collectors, selling at massive prices. But, they've also made a comeback in popularity for players. In this episode Nick and Chris talk about their experience with the trading card game, the current market, and the current competative landscape.Resources:https://shop.tcgplayer.com/pokemonQuarter million dollar sale. https://www.pennlive.com/life/2021/07/pa-auction-houses-record-breaking-sale-included-rare-shadowless-pokemon-cards.htmlMost valuable pokemon cards: https://www.forbes.com/sites/joeparlock/2021/03/05/the-top-10-most-valuable-pokmon-tcg-cards-that-you-might-actually-own/42 min
- Northern White Rhino and Natural Selection
The last male northern white rhino died in 2018. There are two (known) females left. Should we intervene?
31 min - Alan Turing: Lying to the US, his own countrymen, and winning WWII
Nick and Chris wave goodbye to Pride Month 2021 with a look at how Alan Turing and the British were able to keep the fact that they cracked Enigma a secret from everyone for so long.
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Resources:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2014/nov/28/imitation-game-alan-turing-us-intelligence-ian-fleming
https://drenigma.org/2018/06/13/did-the-nazis-know-the-british-were-breaking-the-enigma-codes/
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-18561092
Email the show at [email protected]
Follow Nick on Twitter at @tribnic
Follow the show on Insta at @Gametheorypodcast
50 min - Cicada survival strategies and how they relate to the capitol riots and the malice at the palace
Ep 8
YouTube: https://bit.ly/3igjccJ
Cicadas are so unathletic and unimpressive that they need a weird adaptation to survive. That adaptation is power in numbers. When they emerge, there are far too many of them for predators to eat them all. Also, they aren't above ground for long enough for preditors to adapt and focus solely on them.
Humans do something similar in large groups or mobs. Think of the infamous Malice at the palace or the capitol riots. In those cases, there are going to be some people who participated just passively enough to get away with it because the authorities just can't possible get them all.
28 min - Cicadas are back - How their survival strategies related to the capitol riots and the malice at the palace
Cicadas are annoying and they're back. They use power in numbers to survive. But how can humans employ something similar to get away with mob mentality.
---Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gametheory/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gametheory/support28 min - Better movie or series? Marvel, Game of Thrones, and Inglorious BasterdsThe Marvel Cinnematic Universe is perhaps the most successful entertainment venture in world history. BUT. Would it have been better as a series on Netflix, Hulu, or HBO? Chris and Nick get into a natural fight about this topic. Nick says series, Chris says he doesn't understand. Would you like a more detailed episode on the film and TV industry? email us at [email protected]37 min
- Nuclear Weapons & the prisoner's dilemma - The ultimate Mexican standoff:
Nuclear weapons are a cheat code for war. How the prisoner's dilemma plays out on a global stage.
Full episode blog: https://bit.ly/2RuG8dc
Relevant links:
- The Office Clip: https://bit.ly/3eUoyrO
- Inglorious Bastards Mexican Standoff: https://bit.ly/3tYIzSz
Learn more about the show at https://www.gametheorypod.com
45 min - Friend or Foe? The Prisoner's Dilemma Game Show, Unconscious Bias, and Which You Should Choose
Resources used in this episode:
Kalist Research from the Journal of Statistics Education by Taylor & Francis.
- Citation: David E. Kalist (2004) Data from the Television Game Show “Friend or Foe?”, Journal of Statistics Education, 12:3, DOI: 10.1080/10691898.2004.11910634
- URL: https://bit.ly/3hiqSur
Friend of Foe? Wikipedia: https://bit.ly/3vWKmsz
Friend of Foe? Wiki Fandom: https://bit.ly/3vWKmsz
Without Prejudice game show wikipedia: https://bit.ly/3tEtuVQ
Kennedy Official Fox Business: https://fxn.ws/2RHdZiL
Kennedy Wikipedia: https://bit.ly/3tHpXWN
45 min - Rock Paper, Scissors: Nash Equilibrium, Strategy, and Use in US case law
How RPS works, why it's basically luck, and this one time it was used to settle an argument.
39 min - Moneyball: what the film left out and why (sample) size matters
In this episode, Nick and Chris talk about the idea and film Moneyball.
Learn more:
- The Atlantic - The problems with the movie https://bit.ly/3dFWaYC
- Moneyball film Rotten Tomatoes: https://bit.ly/3dB32qb
- Buy the Book: https://amzn.to/3wofnqm
- Meditation in a Toolshed by C. S. Lewis https://bit.ly/3dHHybn
You can watch this episode on YouTube here: https://bit.ly/3dBnEie
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About Game Theory
From the publisher's feed
Speakeasy conversation about strategy, competition, economics, history, and policy from two non-experts.
The episodes include some actual economic Game Theory such as the Prisoner's Dilemma, the Traveler's Dilemma, and the Public Good game. Episodes also include conversations on dilemmas in TV/Movies, sports, and board/card games, as well as the history of military, intelligence (spies), politics, and economics.
The objective is simply to think critically about how people make strategic choices regarding the world around them and most importantly, about the people around them.