[MD] BBC documentary 'the trap'

[david buchanan]

Ian said to Craig:
I did try to point out that (with the obvious political motivations) it blurred right across from poker, fuck-you, through prisoners dilemma and the hostage / valuable dilemmas ... that any actual value of game theories (and later systems and network theories) were simplisticated out of all recognition.


dmb says:
This reminds me of the times you've tried to defend the genetic reductionism of Richard Dawkins, social Darwinism, systems theory and a whole bunch of intellectual garbage that represents the kind of amoral rationality that Pirsig has identified as a cultural crisis. It's drivel, man.
On top of that, I happen to be good friends with a tenured professor of economics who also works as an associate at Rand. We talked about the model of human behavior that comes out of Nash's equations and I can tell you that they still form the basis of economic theory in this country. And if you want a "common sense" assessment, all you have to do is listen to what today's conservatives are saying. They're giving voice to Hayek and Nash's vision in the current health care debate and you can also hear it in the voices of the conservatives in this forum. Platt's admiration of Ayn Rand springs to mind. To suggest that these theories are no longer operable or that it's no longer a problem, in my opinion, only shows that you're not paying attention or that you don't understand how the implications of those theories continue to play themselves out on a daily basis. 
I mean, dude, you are swallowing some awful, awful stuff and apparently don't realize how or why it's so rotten. Buy a clue, rent a hunch or something, will you? Jeez. 


 
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