[Wikipedia-l] tit for tat

[Jonathan Walther]

On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 09:44:00PM +0100, Erik Moeller wrote:
>you". Game theory shows that this principle, when consistently applied,  
>reaches the most desirable outcome for everyone, e.g. in the iterative  
>Prisoner's Dilemma.

Traditional game theory is a bunch of hokum when applied to the
complexity of real life relationships, where payoffs people seek from an
interaction are many and varied, and definitely different from person to
person.

Jonathan

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