On Nov 28, 2007 6:26 AM, Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > is game theory a "serious science"? is any social research "serious > science"? not yet. The problem with game theory is not that it isn't > "serious science" as much as that its users often have _pretensions_ > of being serious scientists. (as per usual in social research, they > reify their models, confusing the map with the territory.) And not all > of its practitioners have such pretensions. >
Game theory is best thought of as a branch of mathematics. The problem is with the application not with the theory itself. -raghu.
