Even after 6 months, this is one of our most warmly received videos yet! Since we’re still getting comments about it, we thought we’d post some of the fantastic interview footage that didn’t make the final cut over on our Patreon. Enjoy! https://patreon.com/posts/what-game-theory-107376148
@Jmz0nGameMaster Says:
"it's just a theory." —It's GAAAAAMEEEEEEEE THEORY
@vorago2x Says:
Its painful knowledge lie this is considered to be interesting and not just commonplace. The thumbnail was incredibly misleading in the importance of this video.
@GnarledSage Says:
And here we are again. The same dilemma with AI.
And you know, no one will cooperate.
@dcoleman4444 Says:
Well here we are in 2026 and we see what nasty gets us.
@scottduke2809 Says:
Game Theory: assholes destroying to world and justifying it with a childish trope.
@aidanproulx3353 Says:
2 ads every minute of the video is insane. This is getting absolutely ridiculous and made it unwatchable.
@VictorianBritain Says:
HELLO INTERNET, WELCOME TO GAME THEORY!
@ProdigyBandz Says:
"the art of the deal"
@taylorreese5868 Says:
So, and hear me out..... if you liken "cooperate" to "AGREE" then liken "defect" to "DISAGREE". While likening the "prisoners dilemma" to "LIFE".....
That means.... your best move in life is to always agree to disagree! 🤯
@beernot6156 Says:
Iran is playing the tit-for-tat strategy and winning. US/Israel are playing the nasty strategy and losing.
@MechaJester2000 Says:
0:29 and I ended the video with a sigh xD
@Yasir-o8p Says:
Tit and tat literally explains why we don't have nuclear wars yet because every nuclear armed nation is wise enough to not provoke another nuclear armed nation.
@Axioscope Says:
veritasium will always be my inspiration !
@AmandaEdgar-km7ic Says:
Those samples the US got were from israel's testings not russia, russia is the bogeyman to hide israels abuse of secrets and following universal laws, imo.
@tonyp1340 Says:
I can't see how this works in real life, without actually allowing for the 'personality' of the player/s.
Take Putin-Trump-Netanyahu. All adamant, wanting more real estate. Not in their nature to be forgiving, until they run out of bombs.
Put in Iran, Ukraine and Canada. None wanting to cede Real Estate. Not in their nature to be Nice to a Country determined to kill every living soul to achieve it's aim.
How would anyone convince the protagonists to be 'Nice'? How could you convince the 'Prizes' to be forgiving?
@tommmmy5150 Says:
Also in this day in age you have to factor in the corruption! The actual "programmers" running the show! Nothing happens organically. It's all manipulated to serve the "programmers" agenda! Which is not the agenda of the masses...
@richard_zeth Says:
“Ey akıl sahipleri! Kısasta sizin için hayat vardır. Umulur ki korunursunuz.”
Bakara 179-
@EduardoLopez-yb2hi Says:
Turning the other cheek is actually the best strategy in a real world scenario. By refusing to immediately retaliate, you break the echo effect of a blood feud. You accept a temporary sub-optimal payoff (1) to prevent the system from collapsing into mutual destruction.
@HuffleOfPuffs Says:
When do the naughty ones disappear? Cause the world is full of bad "programs"
@sabersalari-o6y Says:
is it rational to say then if:
iran would not attack to israel as the serve conseqounces are granted but in the same time attacking neighbour country could give it a card.
it use the old, sanctioned or convicted officer based on international law to reduce the risk of surrender to west.
this two means its play as mad man yet there is common sense there and if, why they dont surrender and make country free.
asking for a friend.
@viet_nguyen_777 Says:
2 điều tôi học được qua video:
"Hãy tử tế, hãy tha thứ, nhưng đừng quá dễ dãi"
"Biết thích nghi với môi trường sống của bản thân"
@reganpride1609 Says:
Could the scoring system be favoring "nice" strategies? What happens if the scoring system is changed so that each outcome has the same point value?
@steelblueflame Says:
Have ANY of these eggheads ever actually done any Real Work?
Lol. Whatever
@moovcool007 Says:
Great!
@tahopeya Says:
this is such a cool thing to see
@motormichael54 Says:
We didn't evolve into forgiving or moral creatures we were created that way because we are made in the image of God we are not the same as the animal kingdom who dont possess morality
@BharathiS-p2n1h Says:
Om not able to understand it
@trevorray6212 Says:
These guys are incorrect about Christianity and the Bible and the parable of turning the other cheek. It is a very historically contexted verse. In Matthew 5 it says when you are slapped on your right cheek to offer the other cheek. this is because to be struck on the right cheek would take a backhanded slap which in those times was considered an insult of a move. It is not the hardest way to get hit. A punch delivered by an overhand or straight right would hit the left cheek, not the right. To offer the other cheek is to say 'Don't be a bitch, hit me like a man'. It says to stand your ground and offer a fight. it has nothing to do with cowering away. A Coward would never offer the other cheek. it is very intimidating to be told to try hit again. It also doesn't say to get hit on the other cheek, but to offer it. To stand your ground for what you believe and do not let other people get away with insulting you. A backhanded smack was considered a massive insult. A backhand would not be classed as a defection but a bluff. TO say hit me on the correct side tells the other side you are definitley not a pushover and reveals your strategy that you wont be insulted or you wont back down from what you believe in. IN this case it is a great strategy.
@smokingbrush2498 Says:
15.47. Was there a bit of pro-zionist censorship here? That old philosophy referenced was self-evidently the Jewish religion, which strangely got faded out.
@AdwikBairagi-h2m Says:
Im halfway through the video...around 15minutes in...and I have a question. Here all the strategies are constant, they are essentially apprehensive rulebooks which focus on what might happen and what just happened rather than being dynamic enough to 1. Identify opponents strategy 2. Change its own strategy based on results. Like a reinforcement learning strategy...much like ai....and then I suppose after an indefinite amount of rounds be it known or unknown, this model would always come on top.
@PastExplainerOfficial Says:
One update this topic deserves: the founding Kitty Genovese '38 witnesses' story was largely debunked by Manning et al. (2007) using the actual trial transcripts — no witness saw the full attack and several did call for help (pre-911 era). The bystander effect itself survived replication; the anecdote didn't. We made a full video separating the myth from the science if anyone wants it.
@suchefeinde Says:
It’s so weird that my thumbnail is a German comment
@simonsays5792 Says:
Someone should make Donald Trump watch this.
@Deadgodsgallery Says:
Game theory
@stüssysenik Says:
Why did the video title change? Please at least include the old titles in the description for archival purposes. The video content, title, and description together represent the video at a specific point in time.
@AnIdiotInTweed Says:
Wait so its not about matpat
@schoderfactory Says:
Your whole game is nonsense. People who co-operate get the profit of system emergence, and people who do not co-operate get nothing.
@masterOFSILLYNESS Says:
25:14 Conways game of life reference???
@hannuto Says:
Didn’t change, still see that most people can’t think and theoretical people are boring…
@timmelnyk7310 Says:
Cornell University was rather forgiving, only requiring an essay.
@BrawliticsHQ Says:
@4:30 so that's not true. had we both *"agreed"* to not produce the weapons that would not guarantee anything. this would simply mean that forever more from that day forward you would have to trust the other party is keeping their word. doesn't sound like a "win-win" to me. game theory = *busted*
@thegneech Says:
Honestly this one should be mandatory viewing for anybody before they can take a public office.
@angrygorilla3 Says:
Awesome video
@lalwanivishal89 Says:
Some world leader should be watching this. Big orange one and EU leaders in specific.
@bigdwarffrosta7877 Says:
just incredible video that gives off such an positive vibe. I'm just smiliing at the end.
@treasure_hound Says:
What’s missing is the ability to adapt, learn, and adjust your strategy.
@well_mannered_menace Says:
but people can change. your simulations did not tho. a Friedmann could convert to other player types in the same run no?
@b33blebrox Says:
In such games random strategy always wins - do X with probability p and do Y with probability (1-p). Just find the best p
@vihugaal Says:
No mention of Dr John Nash & his game theory? You know folks, Dr Nash from “A Beautiful Mind…”
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