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An example of game theory in pop culture would be the movie a Princess Bride. In the movie, there is a scene between two characters,Roberts and Vizzini as they have a battle of wits, where they have to each chose a cup to drink while one of them is poisoned, loser dies. There a several game theoretic schemes in the scene such as thinking strategically, which Roberts does. He tricks Vizzini into thinking that he has the unpoisoned cup, meanwhile knowing that both the cups were poisoned. Vizzini, thinking that he won the battle when he switched cups with Vizzini, keels over and dies while Robert states that he was able to drink the poison only because he developed an immunity to the posion. This exemplifies the strategical thinking that allowed Roberts to be successful in his quest.
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ReplyDeleteThe movie "War Games" is an good demonstration of the game theory. David Lightman is a student, but a hacker at heart. After breaking into his school network to change this grades, he discovers a unnamed machine. Little does he know that this machine is WOPR, an automated military strategist developed by NORAD to predict plausible attacks in the US and instructions to retaliate. Lightman is presented with games such as "Theaterwide Biotoxic" and "Global Thermonuclear War". He innocently plays these games, not realizing the computer will actually interpret his movements as Soviet attacks. NORAD believes that the Soviet Union is attacking and plans to respond with force as well.
ReplyDeleteLightman is brought into custody and with the help of Falken, the creator of WOPR, teach the machine the correct response to a nuclear attack: by not playing the game at all. The world does not deserve the catastrophe that can be brought by 2 superpowers throwing nuclear weapons at each other.
Derrick S.
Period 2
Tiffany Chan
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Game theory can be seen in the movie The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. At the end of the movie, there are two people who are fighting for a rock in which they believe Clint Eastwood has written valuable information. Game theory comes into play because they are not sure if Eastwood really did write the information, so they cannot kill him and decide to fight each other. Eastwood has given one an unloaded gun while he gives the other a loaded gun. His strategy is that the two people with the unloaded/loaded gun will try to shoot each other. Meanwhile, all Eastwood has to do is to kill the one who has the loaded gun. He eventually does so and gets away with everything including the money.
Game theory can be seen in the movie Murder by Numbers. It involves two individuals who commit a crime and are then taken to jail for questioning. Of course, neither suspect takes action for their crime. Game theory comes in pay during this scene as they try to tell the truth. In order to save themselves from going to jail, they have to try and make a decision about if the other has spilled the truth or not. Whoever talks first is set free, but the other one is not so lucky.
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Game Theory can be seen in the 70s movie, Footloose. The main character, Kevin Bacon, and another character are on two different tractors and decide to play a game of chicken on a thin road with ditches on either side. Each one pressures the other to move out the way or they will both crash and lose. Each character must read the other person and decide if they are going to swerve their tractor because as time passes, the pressure of a crash intensifies. Kevin Bacon is victorious at the end as his friend veers to the ditch.
ReplyDeleteIn the movie Memento, the main character who has short-term memory loss has to figure out ways to remind him of what has happened so far in his every day life. Since he knows that he has short-term memory loss, game theory comes into play where he basically tricks himself into remembering things that have happened. He has strategies that help him recall information and things that have happened.
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Game theory can be seen in The Hunt for Red October. A new, technologically-superior Soviet sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it--because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find him, too. The game theory comes into play when the hunt is on!
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Period 4th
Game Theory can be seen in the movie Panic Room. In the movie, one of the robbers has a moment of morality after escaping where he goes back inside to help the victims after he steals the money. While trying to escape the second time, the police corner him, and he is thrown in jail even though he had a moment of conscienceness where his intentions were good.
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2nd Period
The Game Theory can be seen in movie Mystery Men. The main character, Captain Amazing, is bored because no enemies have picked fights recently. He decides to release an enemy just so he can fight him and look like a hero. When the released enemy, Casanova Frankenstein, meets with Amazing after blowing up the asylum, Amazing says that he correctly predicted Frankenstein would choose to blow up the asylum first, and Frankenstein shares that he knew Amazing would assume that.
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The game theory can be seen in the movie Ransom. Through a life of hard work, airline owner Tom Mullen has amassed a great deal of wealth. When a group of criminals want a piece of his cash, they kidnap his son for a $2 million ransom. Encouraged by his wife and an FBI agent Tom prepares to pay the money, but the ransom drop goes awry. Enraged, Tom decides to turn the tables on the kidnappers by making the ransom a bounty on their heads which he announces on national television.
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4th period
Friends (TV)
ReplyDeleteGame theory can be seen in the television show called Friends. Chandler and Monica are trying to keep their relationship a secret, yet in the mist of it all their two close friends Phoebe and Rachel find out. Phoebe and Rachel decide no to tell Chandler and Monica in order to mess with them. However, Joey tells Monica and Chandler, but they decide not to let Rachel in Phoebe know so they can thus mess with them, Switching the role on who is being tricked. Both pairs remain silent, which at the end lead to a quick confession and make up of the group.
Cynthia Galán
Period 4
Friends is an AMAZING show!
DeleteAn example of the game theory can be seen in the movie Wall Street. The kid who is a broker for a second-tier Wall Street firm keeps asking the millionaire raider Gordon Gekko who is a predator, a corporate raider, a Wall Street shark and traders about the amount of money they want and satisfied. But the answer is nobody know and he doesn't even know how to think the question. As a result, he spends time using any kind of methods to make millions of money but somehow the concept of "enough" eludes him. Eventually, he's not interest in make how many money but the action of how high the "score" is.
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2nd Period
An example of game theory can be found in the book "The Godfather". Such example can be seen between the Mafia families. If one of the family members wishes to meet with another, there is no guarantee that they can trust each other. As a result, neither party would meet and no benefit would befall them. Bring in another family to hold a hostage would not benefit them either because they know that killing would only result in more revenge. However knowing this, the family can use their values to help them make a deal with a third middle man.
ReplyDeleteA good example of game theory is found in the novel, "Jurassic Park". A mathematician named Ian Malcolm specialized in whats known as Chaos Theory. In the theory he talks about the game of pool. The Simple part: you can hit a ball linearly in one direction and it will start to hit the sides of the table (this way you measure the angle and direction of the ball, so in theory you can predict the behavior of the ball in the future).
ReplyDeleteBut it turns out that it's hard to determine the exact measurements of where your ball will go in a few seconds, because of imperfections found in the surface of the ball, the indentations on the wood table. So these things will make a difference and can cause you to lose your accuracy. While a game of pool seems simple, the behavior of the ball is unpredictable.
Yousuf Sirajuddin 2nd prd.
An example of the game theory can be found in the Hunger Games. At the end of the games when only Katnis and Peeta remain they are left with the choice to either kill each other If they do not harm one another, one or both of them will be killed by an obstacle the game makers will create, but if they fight there is the likelihood that one of them will survive. There is one moment when neither tribute is sure if the other attack them or not. Katniss waits to see if Peeta will attack her before acting. If Peeta does attack, she will fight him back but if he does not, she will not attack either.
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Period 2
An good example of game theory can be found in the movie "Rebel without a cause". the main character Jimmie played by James Dean is challenged by Buzz to play "Chickie Run", racing cars down a cliff and the first person to exit the moving vehicle is the "chickie". If both contestants chooses to stay in the car after falling of the cliff, they could end up injured or get killed. In this game is was basically favorable to risk your life by speeding into a cliff than to escape and be known as the coward. In the end Jimmie gets out of the car just in time and Buzz gets stuck. He won't be branded as a "chickie", but he will suffer a worse fate.
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An example of game theory can be found in the movie "Insurgent." The main character, Tris, is forced with the dilemma of opening the box or not. On one hand, Tris has the prior knowledge that all of the other previous experiments, all of whom are characterized as divergent, were not able to withstand the simulations. However, the message contained within the box could also be substantial evidence to get Erudite out of power. Things are further complicated when Tris discovers that Four has been captured and may be used as leverage against her to get her to participate, but if she fails, may never see him again. In the end, Tris decides that the truth of the message in the box is more important, undergoes the trials, and survives.
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Pd. 2
An example of game theory can be seen within the television series "South Park ". The characters Kyle, Cartman, Stan, and Butters all are at the face of punishment and the boys face the prisoners dilemma. The boys come up with story in which explains why they could have not done whatever it is that they did wrong, if one of the boys tells the whole truth then the others will suffer grave consequences which is detention while the other doesn't get detention and is free. And if the boys don't tell on each other then they all will have equal punishment. However in logical reasoning, it would be better for them all to not say anything at all, but the others may look out for themselves to avoid conflict with parents.
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The game theory can be seen in the movie Return to Paradise. Three American men vacation in Malaysia, where one of the men get caught with drugs. The caught man is sentenced to death by the Malaysian authorities. If the two men who escaped surrender to Malaysian authorities, both get three years in prison, and the caught man is freed. If only one returns, the man returning gets six years in prison, and the condemned man is freed. If neither return, the condemned man dies. In the end, although one of the men returned, he still sentenced the caught man to death.
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6th period
An example of game theory can be found in the movie Would you rather. The movie consists of a sadistic man who invites people for dinner which turns into a deadly game of would you rather. Two characters, Lucas and Iris must decide if one or the other would perform the horrific deed, in this case being shot. They must decide if they want to be shot and save the other or if they deserve to live in which the other will be shot and they would be safe. If they dont answer within a minute, they both would die. Iris eventually decides to save herself and ends up shooting Lucas.
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2nd Period
Game theory is shown in 2 ways in the show, The Simpsons. The first way it is shown, is where Bart and Lisa are playing multiple rounds of, "rock, paper, scissors." Bart believes that the game is just luck, but Lisa manages to use to strategies to beat Bart every time. Another way it is shown, is when a dispute over a comic book occurs between Bart, Martin, and Milhouse. They create a solution to split the time of use where each person has 2 days. The problem that one day will stand remaining is brought up so they come to a conclusion to generate random numbers, where 1-3 is given to someone, 4-7 is given to another, and so on. Of course another problem rises with the situation of 0, so they decide if 0 comes up, then they will play rock, paper, scissors and who ever wins may use the book on Sunday.
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6th Period
Game Theory is present throughout the show "South Park". In one particular episode, the boys are found decorating a teacher's house with toilet paper. They are then individually taken into the principles office and interviewed. Each boy must predict the actions of the other. However in the end, Cartman confesses to the crime and receives one week of detention, compared to two weeks of detention received by all the other boys who refused to confess.
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2nd period
Game theory is shown in the show "Joan of Arcadia". During an game of rock-paper-scissors, a character reasons that the game is all psychology. Instead of it being based on luck, like another character believes, she says it is only about playing your opponent. The characters end up making each other paranoid of the strategies behind the game, resorting to studying the mechanics of the game. She goes through countless numbers of ways to try to defeat her opponent. Even though she still loses in the end, she took advantage of game theory to battle her opponent.
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4th period
An example of Game Theory can be found in Season 2 Episode 1 of Rick and Morty. After freezing time in the last episode Morty and his sister Summer got into an argument.Since their time was still unstable this lead to their reality fracturing into two separate,but totally possible outcome. To fix this their Grandpa Rick must start to think like the Rick in the other possible reality to get all three of them into the same spot and totally certain about themselves at once. AT first this did not work out as the realities kept multiplying until there were 32 but eventually Rick was able to get one outcome in all 32.
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Period 2
An example of game theory can be seen in the book “Enduring Love” by Ian McEwan. This book is about four people who encounter an air balloon that takes off with a 10-year-old child inside. It “inspires an introspective monologue about selfishness, social good, and cooperation.” The air balloon rises into the air due to a gush of wind with the boy inside; four people and the pilot hang onto the line attached to balloon as the balloon rises. The pilot falls and the remaining 4 drift up into the air with the balloon and the boy. The four have to consider if the others would let go before the balloon rises higher. If they all stay, the balloon will eventually come back down with the weight. If one lets go, the balloon will take the remaining people with it. In the end, one person falls first and two others follow. One man continued to hold on to the balloon with the child until they ascended such heights that couldn’t be seen by the human eye.
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4th period
Game theory can be found in the show Numb3rs, where in Season 2 Episode 5 Charlie and Don are in pursuit of an assassin, attempting to calculate where the killer would strike. Where they use a mathematical approach to game theory, to figure out where the assassin will strike next. In this way the assassin is trying to stay hidden and get away with the murders that he commits.
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6th Period
Game theory can be used in auctions involving monetary rewards or psychological rewards. While it might be common for people to choose the monetary reward given its price and exquisiteness, it would be a better idea to not spend as much and purchase the reward brings psychological reward. Thus, it would be better to buy the psychological reward for its long lasting effect on our knowledge rather than buy the monetary item that has a time frame.
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6th period
An example of Game Theory is in "Friend or Foe", which is similar to the game "Split or Steal (Golden Egg)". Contestants on the show worked in teams of two with someone they didn’t know and answered questions to earn money. At the end of the game the team that had accumulated the most money was sent to the “trust box.” This is the part of the game that relates to the Game Theory. In the trust box each player had the option to choose “friend” or “foe” without seeing what the other player was choosing. If both players chose friend the players split their total earnings 50-50. However if one of the players chose “foe” while the other chose “friend” the player who chose “foe” received all of the earnings while the player who chose “friend” received nothing. If both players chose “foe,” neither player received any money.
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2nd Period
Survivor(TV)
ReplyDeleteGame theory can be seen in the television show Survivor. In season 1 during the final immunity challenge. Richard Hatch was up against Rudy and Kelly for immunity and a spot in the final 2. Instead of participating and trying to win the immunity, Richard decided to not participate. If he had played and won, he would have had a negative payoff because he would be breaking his alliance with Rudy and therefore would look bad to the jury and not get their votes. So therefore by sitting out of the challenge, Richard guaranteed himself a positive payoff of being in the final two regardless of the outcome of the immunity challenge.
Rifa Shah
4th pd
In Swingers,game theory is discussed in deciding whether or not to call Mike's ex-girlfriend. Mike and Rob discuss how Mike would make the same decision, regardless of whether he wants her back or not. This is his dominant strategy.
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Period 6
Dilbert (TV show)
ReplyDeleteArrested for the murder of a fictitious coworker, Dilbert and colleagues face interrogation by the police. Dilbert announces that his knowledge of the prisoner's dilemma will save him. Dilbert advocates to the police that the only way they can charge him of crime is if one of them confesses the truth. Dilbert believes that everyone knows of this concept and no one will rat on anyone. Soon does he know that his co-workers confess that Dilbert is guilty.
Ashley Abraham
Period 6
The film "Pi" is good example of the game theory.Opposite to the Chicago School of Economics, the stock market has a lot of exploitable patterns, if only they can be uncovered. Probably the only thriller about number theory.
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2nd period
The Royal Game (book)
ReplyDeleteIn the book, the Royal Game, the main character, Dr. B, is a monarchist hiding important valuables of the monarchy from the newly risen National Socialists. He is driven to total socialization and becomes obsessed with chess. He faces the game theory throughout his fight with schizophrenia with a sympathetic psychiatric doctor. Each move he plays against world champion chess player, Czentovic, places his life on the line or imprisonment by the Nazis.
Amanda Bailey Miller
p. 6
This novel, "The Mind Game" is about doing what is best for you and how you must think to promote your self interest. The author establishes that everything is a game, and the point of the game is to do whatever benefits you most. He says that you must erase emotion from your decision making because it clouds your judgement. You must be able to predict what your opponent does and push them towards the action that will benefit you most.
ReplyDeleteThe concept "Animal Games" basically explains how we naturally have a sensor that helps us choose an option on the "Prisoners Dilemma" theory. Animals naturally decide weather to be a predator or be a pray. They decide to run or to fight, mate, or be the leader of a pack.Unlike humans they cannot perceive what will be the outcome of their actions but as a concept explains how we choose what we choose with a deep reason behind it.
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Game Theory can be seen in the TV show Suits. Mike Ross was hired and practiced law without a legitimate degree or certification from Harvard Law School. After several years of illegally practicing Law, his mistake resurfaces and others become suspicious. Harvey Specter (Mike's mentor who hired him) now faces the pressure from his law firm which he is the partner of and from court. If Mike confesses, he gets sent to Jail for 2 years. If Harvey confesses, he gets sent for more than 5 years and would never be able to practice law again.
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Period 6
An Example of Game Theory can be seen the movie "Grace of Monaco" which details the life of the late Princess Grace Kelly during her marriage to the Prince of Monaco. Princess Grace must choose between going back to her career in film back home in the states after a press release gets out detailing her return or staying and helping her country with the conflicts it faces with France. If she goes to AMerica she regains her career and fans, but is ostracized from Monaco and risks her marriage. If she doesn't return to America she is branded a liar by her American audiences, but salvages her marriage and can possibly salvage Monaco's relationship with France.
ReplyDeleteBailee Mouton
Sixth Period
The TV show "Bonzai" is a British game show that invites the audience to make bets different challenges. Out of the many different games they play on the show, one represents game theory well. They had two grannies on wheelchairs playing chicken with one another. Chicken is a classic game that is centered around game theory. Either you can choose to swerve, or you can choose to keep straight, and your decision is made without the knowledge of the other person's decision.
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Period 4
Mitchell Kuy
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In professional league of legends (video game) there is something called the pick and ban phase. Game theory comes into practice because each team has 3 bans each (two teams) and there are over 100 different characters the players can choose. In the game, there are certain characters that counter other characters or there are some that go well with each other.The trick is to decide and predict what the enemy team will try to pick and ban, so your team composition is better than theirs, giving you an edge to win the game.
The movie, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, is about the leaders of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang who rob trains. They are especially after a rail line that is run by Mr. E. H. Harriman. Harriman has outfitted a special train and has hired special employees to catch the robbers. Butch realizes that the outcome is Pareto dominated, which means that it would make at least one group better off without hurting any other group. Harriman is spending more money trying to catch the robbers than the total amount of money the robbers actually stole. Butch tells Harriman that if he just paid them as much money as he spent to create this plan, they would stop robbing him. Harriman was unaware of this possibility and settled for the one that ended up harming his business.
ReplyDeleteNeha Shah
6th Period
The tv show Catfish offers certain elements of game theory. With two people who are in a relationship through the Internet, it is unsure whether or not one of the people are cat fishing the other. If one of them decides to try and find out if the other is a catfish, their relationship could end up either in success or failure based on if the other person is actually a catfish.
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An example of game theory can be found in the TV show The Weakest Link, as contestants have to work together to make money while also trying to beat each other to win. Contestants must use game theory to decide who to keep and who to vote off.
In the movie Casino Royale, James Bond joins a high-stakes poker game against Le Chiffre, who finances international terrorists. In poker, the players bet according to the rank they believe their hand is worth. A game starts off with an ante or pot, and then the action phase proceeds where each player can "call", match the maximum previous bet or fold, losing the amount bet so far, or "raise", which is to increase the bet. Because money is only placed into the pot voluntarily by a player who either believes the bet has positive expected value or who is trying to bluff other players for various strategic reasons, poker demonstrates game theory, since the outcome of any particular hand significantly involves chance. So in the last round, when bond has little margin of error to win, he goes all in, and so do all of the other players, as his hand happened to be a straight flush. Le Chiffre went all in as well, thinking that he might win with his hand, but to everyone’s surprise, Bond’s hand, with the straight flush was even better and he ended up winning the whole pot for millions of USD.
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period 2
An example of game theory can be seen in the Scrubs episode "My Extra Mile." The students are competing against each other to win the approval of Dr. Kelso and an opportunity to work in the hospital. They all have an agreement that none of the students will kiss-up to Dr. Kelso so that the decision can be based on merit and not on favoritism. However, a character named Christopher decides to kiss up to Dr. Kelso and wears a syringe costume at a blood drive. This shows the tit-for-tat strategy because when the students collude, Christopher betrays them and gets punished.
ReplyDeleteKarishma Shah
period 2
An example of game theory is in the TV show "Alias." In episode 3, two criminal organizations, SD6 and K-Directorate, want to open a suitcase. One organization has the case, but the other has the key. Both organizations have to meet and think of a mutually beneficial course of action.
ReplyDeletePrakul Suresh
6th Period
An example of game theory can be found in the 1985 western "Pale Rider." In the final shootout, Preacher and Stockburn come to a stare down. They can either keep their pistols holstered and negotiate, or they can draw their pistols and fire at each other. The only way they guess what the other wants is by reading each others faces and trigger hand.
ReplyDeleteJonathan Ungar
4th Period
An example of game theory can be found in the T.V. series "How to Get Away With Murder." In this show the team of interns are faced with accusation of murder that they committed. They are all put into separate rooms and questioned and are told that if they confess a good word will be put in for them. They have to confess and admit to murdering a character in the show, but their teacher Annaleise Keating tells them to have the same story so they can match and have an alibi for the night they murdered her husband. They corroborate their stories and make it airtight without any flaws and they walk out free with no charges or time in jail.
ReplyDeleteAleena Mathew
6th Period
An example of game theory can be seen in the TV show Golden Balls that we watched in class. In the final round, the contestants are able to either both hold up a split ball and split the winnings or one could pick steal, and they would 'steal' all the prize money. However, if both contestants pick steal, they will not get any money at all. The only way for both parties to earn money is if they both pick the "split" balls.
ReplyDeleteIsabelle Tzeng
6th
A good example of game theory is in the show called House of Cards. Frank Underwood is a congressman who is working with Zoe, a journalist, to further their careers. Zoe writes articles that help Frank get higher and higher in his political career. Zoe also gets benefits in which she gets more fame and respect from the world. However, in one episode, they were both thinking of selling each other out because they didn't trust each other. If one sells out the other, the other loses their job. If they both sell each other out, they both lose their jobs. However, if they both stay quiet, they both can further their careers.
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Pd. 2
A good example of game theory is the medical residency matching program.The problem is about matching newly graduated doctors to hospitals that want to employ them as residents. Each student gives a ranking of hospitals, specifying her preferences. Each hospital gives a ranking of students, specifying their preferences.
ReplyDeleteThis is a game theoretic problem because both students and hospitals may lie about their preferences in order to improve their final position.
Temi Oyewuwo
Period 6
Daniel Oviedo
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In the TV show Survivor, they face a degree of Game Theory when they are faced to vote each other off the show. The show starts off with all 18 people surviving through harsh conditions and the are faced to vote off 1 member at every meeting, so game theory is played by knowing what who the others are voting for and trying to blindside people for their advantage.
An example of game theory can be found in a TV series called The Disguiser. The eldest brother became a spy without his little brother knowing while the little brother went to a spy school without the rest of the family knowing. When the little brother became a true spy he soon became suspicious of his older brother's identity and tried to uncover who he really works for. The elder brother works under the same organization as the little brother but he is in a much dangerous position and it would be best that no one knows his true identity and mission. The elder tried to stop the younger from knowing more while the younger wanted the truth; but they both needed to keep each other alive and succeeded in their missions. If the little brother push too far in trying to find out more he could get both of them killed while if the elder brother does too much to interfere with his little brother's actions he could expose himself to the enemies. Both of them had to keep making decisions that might kill themselves or the other one without knowing what the other is going to do.
ReplyDeleteSophia Lina
2nd Period
A good example of game theory can be found in a movie called the Shawshank Redemption. Andy, was wrongly convicted of killing his wife, and is an extraordinary banker with immense knowledge. the warden takes advantage of his knowledge and uses him to launder money. The warden has to decide whether to trust him, being a prisoner and all, while Andy has the option to use it as blackmail, or use his position to get what he wants. Andy ends up winning the dilemma, escaping prison and taking all the money.
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A good example of game theory is in season 5 episode 9 of Suits™ when Mike Ross and Harvey Specter separately went to two investment banking firms, one led by Tony Gionopoulis and the other, by Jonathan Sidwell. Harvey and Mike tried to pit both firms against each other to take a deal that involved buying a company called Mckernon motors. Mike and Harvey gave the rival company scenarios in which they would make profits and loses based on what the other rival company did, in regards to Mckernon Motors.
ReplyDeleteGame theory is seen in "Hudson Hawk" at an auction in which a man bids at exactly the price he values the painting, but he doesn't get it because someone else values it one dollar more. If he had left space in the bidding, he may have gotten the painting.
ReplyDeleteAn example of game theory can be found in The Dark Knight. There are 6 robbers who attempt to rob a bank. 5 of them are doing the actual robbing, which leads them to harbor discontentment with the 6th, Joker, who plans the entire robbery. The 5 robbers feel that Joker's role in the bank robbery is not deserving of an equal split, which is an incentive for them to cheat him out.
ReplyDeleteHowever, Joker instructs each member of the bank robbery to murder another as each completes his role in the robbery to maximize shares. Once the alarm guy turns off the alarm, he is shot dead by the vault opener. Once the vault opener opens the vault, he is shot dead by the money-bagger. Once the money-bagger moves the money to the front of the bank, he is killed by the bus-driver. Once the bus-driver exits the bus and loads the money, he is killed by the last bank robber, who ends up taking all the money. In the movie's case, the last bank robber is Joker, the architect of the entire plan.
An example of game theory can be found in Furious 7. Deckard and Dominic are in their own cars facing each other in a distance. Game Theory applies as they approach each other at a really high speed, where they both have the decision of either going straight or swerve. If both Dominic and Deckard swerve, then they don't hit each other. If Dominic/Deckard goes straight and Deckard/Dominic swerves, then no one will get hit but whoever swerves will be seen as a coward. If both Dominic and Deckard go straight, then they both hit each other. In the end, they both hit each other, and even though the cars were heavily damaged from the crash, they both still had the strength to fight each other face to face.
ReplyDeleteIn the movie enduring love, we see game theory at play as 4 men, who went to save the pilot of the air balloon, are seen struggling to get off of the balloon ropes as the wind gusts them upwards. Game theory plays a role when the 4 men must decide whether to look out for themselves or for the others. The narrator states that they would naturally look out for themselves first but the decision between altruism and selfishness was tough. 3 men including the narrator let go only coming off with a few bruises while one man went 100 feet up in the air in order to save the others. Since they couldn't communicate each had to fend for themselves. The 3 who fell's dominant strategy was to fall while the one who stuck's was to stay altruistic. If he let go, someone else would have died, or could've stayed but he didn't know that because they couldn't communicate.
ReplyDeleteMahnoor Malik
2nd period
An example of game theory can be seen in "liar's game." The contestants must vote to be the minority. The game theory plays a role as the contestants tries to see what other players would vote. They create a strategy to be in the minority poll. The majority gets kicked out of thebank game, so they create strategies to choose the minority vote as they predict what the others pick.
ReplyDeleteNicholas Tong
6th
An example of game theory can be seen in Orson Scott Card's science fiction classic, Ender's Game. Ender is trained to lead human armies to defeat aliens with superior weaponry. He has to learn to understand the other side's way of thinking and counter their battle strategies.
ReplyDeleteJoyce
6th
An example of game theory can be seen in Orson Scott Card's science fiction classic, Ender's Game. Ender is trained to lead human armies to defeat aliens with superior weaponry. He has to learn to understand the other side's way of thinking and counter their battle strategies.
ReplyDeleteJoyce
6th
An example of game theory in pop culture is in the film The Princess Bride in which a choice had to be made whether or not to drink the poison. The choice was the two main characters deciding who should drink the poison and in which glass was the poison in. A competition of my games trying to figure out who had the poison weighing up the costs and benefits of drinking or not drinking. In the end a internal conclusion was made that the best choice was for one of the characters to drink both glasses to find the poison and save the other.
ReplyDeleteGuy Joseph Period 2
An example of game theory in pop culture is in "the one where they all find out" episode of friends. All the friends plot against each other (jokingly) whe they find out 2 of the friends have had a secret relationship going on. They compete to receive a confession/ maintain their secret. But in the end, they all had to decide if telling one friend who wasn't a part of the plot would be a good idea, and they all decided not to and save themselves of his reaction.
ReplyDeleteLauren Pham
Period 4
An example of game theory throughout pop culture is in the movie "Four Rooms", 1995 American Comedy. In the film, the main character, Ted is stuck between knowing what is the truth and what are just seemingly harmless rumors Held at gunpoint, whether he sticks to his gut instinct or not is a matter of life or death for him, for if he picks the wrong scenario, the outcomes may no be pleasant. Ted is forced to consider both possible options & outcomes to not only save his own life but also those of the people around him.
ReplyDeleteLameese Taha
6th period
I chose example of game theory in the book Godfather. In the book, there comes a situation where Michael Corleone, the head of one Mafia family wishes to meet with Don Tessio, the head of another in order to discuss a deal for mutual advantage. The invited guest has no way of knowing if he will be safe during the visit, and Michael's promises that he will not hurt the guest cannot be believed. In the end, Micheal decides to use a third party contract to satisfy Session as he realises that accepting his offer gs of a peaceful talk would result in both him and the hostage being killed.
ReplyDeleteAkhil Raju
Period 2
An example of game theory can be seen in the Dark Knight when the Joker puts bombs on two ships, one filled with good citizens with families, and one filled with criminals, he then lets them decide who is worth more, the criminals, or the innocent, and who is willing to sacrifice themselves. The Joker gave the option of using a detonator on either ship and exploding the other ship, but if nobody does so, then both ships will be detonated. Although the best choice would be for the civilians to detonate the criminal boat, they did not have enough heart, and the criminals did not have enough heart either, so nobody detonated the other. This would have ended with the Joker detonated the ship, but he did not get to because the Batman stopped him.
ReplyDeleteBabur Khan
4th Period
An example of game theory can be seen in the Dark Knight when the Joker puts bombs on two ships, one filled with good citizens with families, and one filled with criminals, he then lets them decide who is worth more, the criminals, or the innocent, and who is willing to sacrifice themselves. The Joker gave the option of using a detonator on either ship and exploding the other ship, but if nobody does so, then both ships will be detonated. Although the best choice would be for the civilians to detonate the criminal boat, they did not have enough heart, and the criminals did not have enough heart either, so nobody detonated the other. This would have ended with the Joker detonated the ship, but he did not get to because the Batman stopped him.
ReplyDeleteBabur Khan
4th Period
an example of game theory can be put into place in an oligopoly when two major firms are on the verge of colluding . in an oligopoly the firms behaviors are interdependent, so there is a strategy that each of these firms picks , intersection of these normally occurs at the nash equilibrium.
ReplyDeletean example of game theory can be put into place in an oligopoly when two major firms are on the verge of colluding . in an oligopoly the firms behaviors are interdependent, so there is a strategy that each of these firms picks , intersection of these normally occurs at the nash equilibrium.
ReplyDeleteChristian Cortez, Period 2
ReplyDeleteGame theory is present in any show that shows two characters playing a simple game of Rock-Paper-Scissors, such as an episode of The Simpsons where Bart was playing a game of Rock-Paper-Scissors with Lisa. In this game, one has to try and predict what the other will do. In this episode, Bart thinks that picking rock will be his best bet, which Lisa easily predicts.
Scientists have finally explained the perfect way to dunk a biscuit. Now although this seems strange in the context of game theory it actually matches up very well. There can either be more tea or less tea or a deeper or shallower dunk. Finding the perfect balance point for these variables or the dominant strategy has told us the proper method to dunk our biscuts.
ReplyDeleteOne example of game theory is in the movie/book Insurgent where Tris has to decide whether or not she should take part in following the leader's command opening the box that requires her to risk her life, but opening the box could reveal valuable information. If she does it and dies, all would be lost, but the leader would lose, which would be beneficial to others. If she does it and lives, she will reveal very valuable information. However, if she decides not to do it, more of her peers will be killed.
ReplyDeleteCollier Thomas, Period 2
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ReplyDeleteAn example of commitment using third party contracts is found in Mario Puzo's classic novel The Godfather. Those who may have only seen the film and not read the book might remember a few references to "the hostages" prior to any meetings between the heads of the families. In the book, this is described in much greater detail.
ReplyDeleteHere is the basic idea. Say that Michael Corleone, the head of one Mafia family wishes to meet with Don Tessio, the head of another in order to discuss a deal for mutual advantage. The invited guest has no way of knowing if he will be safe during the visit, and Michael's promises that he will not hurt the guest cannot be believed. There is a problem of commitment here, and without some commitment, the two will not meet.
Enter the Bocchicchio Family. When Michael invites Don Tessio, he not only promises not to harm him, but also hires a member of the Bocchicchio Family to go to Tessio's house. There, the "hostage" will be guarded by Tessio's men. If Don Tessio does not return safely, Tessio's men will kill the hostage. The Bocchicchio Family, seeking revenge, will blame Michael Corleone for the death, since he made the promise that Don Tessio will not be harmed.
Karina Guerrero
4th period
a good example of game theory is presented in Hunger Games. the contestants must decide what is more important in the very beginning, getting the best weapon in the center of the map or running and hiding until all of the opening chaos has let out? which will give the better advantage and which will give the best chances of surviving?
ReplyDeleteRachael Crumbaker
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Rachael Crumbaker
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A great example of game theory is near the end of the movie wolf of wall street. Near the end the protagonist is being accused of multiple crimes within his investment company. Him and his second in command are being brought in for questioning. He knows that if he doesn't talk to the police his worst outcome is to go to jail for all of the crimes so he confesses. The best option is for the others to confess as well but they don't and end up getting the worst part of the deal.
ReplyDeleteGavin Levy
6th Period
A great example of game theory is near the end of the movie wolf of wall street. Near the end the protagonist is being accused of multiple crimes within his investment company. Him and his second in command are being brought in for questioning. He knows that if he doesn't talk to the police his worst outcome is to go to jail for all of the crimes so he confesses. The best option is for the others to confess as well but they don't and end up getting the worst part of the deal.
ReplyDeleteGavin Levy
6th Period
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ReplyDeleteA good example of game theory would be in the movie Captain America Civil War. Captain is to choose whether to help his friend and go to jail or himself or arrest his friend and send hi to jai for his crimes. He has to choose one and depending on what he chooses the consequences would follow. Captain America does what he believes which is to save his friend. In doing so he is considered a criminal and Iron man is sent to arrest him for his actions.
ReplyDeleteSrikar V.
Period 6