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minus-squareMinusPi (she/they)@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down1·2 months agoI’m indifferent to the content, but I fucking hate that they took the name Game Theory. I can’t talk about this genuinely fascinating topic just about anywhere without kids screaming about the channel.
minus-squareMindTraveller@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down23·2 months agoGame theory is a better name for the YouTube channel than the academic field.
minus-squareMinusPi (she/they)@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down2·2 months agoNo? It’s a field of math, which are typically called theories, that studies games.
minus-squareMindTraveller@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down11·2 months agoIt doesn’t study games, it studies competitive systems. Mathematicians chose to call competitive systems games and that was a mistake.
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·2 months agoSounds like somebody doesn’t enjoy competition.
minus-squareMinusPi (she/they)@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoIt studies cooperative systems too. The most specific term that covers everything in it really is Game.
I’m indifferent to the content, but I fucking hate that they took the name Game Theory. I can’t talk about this genuinely fascinating topic just about anywhere without kids screaming about the channel.
Game theory is a better name for the YouTube channel than the academic field.
No? It’s a field of math, which are typically called theories, that studies games.
It doesn’t study games, it studies competitive systems. Mathematicians chose to call competitive systems games and that was a mistake.
Sounds like somebody doesn’t enjoy competition.
It studies cooperative systems too. The most specific term that covers everything in it really is Game.