Why game theory is often useless

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Kalidane
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Interesting paper on game theory introduced at the below link.



http://physicsoffinance.blogspot.com/2011/10/why-game-theory-is-often-useless.html
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sfca
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I looked at the review, and then went to the referenced paper.  I really wonder whether the reviewer actually either read or understood the paper.  I like the paper.  The review is cr*p.



edit:  Oh, yes and thank you for posting it.  Did not mean to just say something negative.
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The path integral calculation was interesting. Is this standard in multi-player game theory type works?
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because there are too many players when the situation is interesting.
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