Re: Tit for tat

2015-04-28 Thread Rustom Mody
plete system. Thus, the SIPD, a > seemingly simple system at first glance, includes configurations which are > formally undecidable in the Gödelian sense. I'm not sure whether Grim proved > that an SIPD which includes the Tit for Tat strategy could emulate Wireworld, > but it

Re: Tit for tat

2015-04-28 Thread Seymore4Head
7;s doing. And I find it ironic, since he started this >thread, and seemed to invite a serious discussion of the topic. > I did start out serious. I thought I was making a pretty funny joke too. I though both were allowed. I guess not. Sorry What I was fishing for were personal stories

Re: Tit for tat

2015-04-28 Thread John Ladasky
ystem at first glance, includes configurations which are formally undecidable in the Gödelian sense. I'm not sure whether Grim proved that an SIPD which includes the Tit for Tat strategy could emulate Wireworld, but it seems likely that one could be built. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Tit for tat

2015-04-28 Thread Robert Kern
On 2015-04-28 07:58, Steven D'Aprano wrote: On Tuesday 28 April 2015 13:18, Seymore4Head wrote: In the past, I have had some measure of success with the Toot for Tail strategy. I don't believe that is a standard name for an Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma strategy. I've googled for it, using two

Re: Tit for tat

2015-04-28 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tuesday 28 April 2015 13:18, Seymore4Head wrote: > In the past, I have had some measure of success with the Toot for Tail > strategy. I don't believe that is a standard name for an Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma strategy. I've googled for it, using two different search engines, and neither com

Re: Tit for tat

2015-04-27 Thread Seymore4Head
On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 22:50:03 -0700 (PDT), John Ladasky wrote: >On Sunday, April 26, 2015 at 6:41:08 PM UTC-7, Seymore4Head wrote: > >> Richard Dawkins explains with passion the idea of game theory and tit >> for tat, or why cooperation with strangers is often a strong strateg

Re: Tit for tat

2015-04-26 Thread John Ladasky
Following up to myself... Here's a link to Patrick Grim's results that you can actually download (Springer really retains a 1997 research paper behind a paywall?): http://www.pgrim.org/pgrim/SPATIALP.HTM -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Tit for tat

2015-04-26 Thread John Ladasky
On Sunday, April 26, 2015 at 6:41:08 PM UTC-7, Seymore4Head wrote: > Richard Dawkins explains with passion the idea of game theory and tit > for tat, or why cooperation with strangers is often a strong strategy. > > He talks of a computer program tournament. I don't know w

Re: Tit for tat

2015-04-26 Thread Ben Finney
Seymore4Head writes: > Richard Dawkins explains with passion the idea of game theory and tit > for tat, or why cooperation with strangers is often a strong strategy. > > He talks of a computer program tournament. Thanks! That is what would be great to have when you present the link

Re: Tit for tat

2015-04-26 Thread Rustom Mody
visiting a link, please spend the time > >yourself to summarise why it's relevant here. Do so in the initial post > >with the link. > > Richard Dawkins explains with passion the idea of game theory and tit > for tat, or why cooperation with strangers is often a strong strategy. &

Re: Tit for tat

2015-04-26 Thread Seymore4Head
nitial post >with the link. Richard Dawkins explains with passion the idea of game theory and tit for tat, or why cooperation with strangers is often a strong strategy. He talks of a computer program tournament. I don't know what I could say that would be more interesting than

Re: Tit for tat

2015-04-26 Thread Ben Finney
Seymore4Head writes: > Anyone here worked on trying a better strategy? If you want us to spend the time visiting a link, please spend the time yourself to summarise why it's relevant here. Do so in the initial post with the link. -- \ “Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through th

Tit for tat

2015-04-26 Thread Seymore4Head
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48EWLj3gIJ8 Anyone here worked on trying a better strategy? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list