A little quantum mechanics and a little econ
Steve Landsburg tries to use entangled particles to improve on game theory. There follows a long discussion of it on crookedtimber's comments section. His original posts show he has no understanding of what either coordination or communication mean, and he tries to weasel out of it in the comments, basically conceding what he was denying while claiming to have always been correct. Good geek stuff here.
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Actually, nothing you say is correct. *You* are the one who shows a complete lack of understanding of what "communication" means - had you bothered to do even a cursory bit of reading about the EPR paradox, you'd know that nonlocality is a vital aspect of quantum mechanics, and that the issue of whether one can exploit it to communicate had been settled long ago in the negative. Ask around at your friendly local university physics department if you're still in doubt.
Perhaps in future you ought to base your assessment of who's right in a discussion on something more substantive than whether they share your political views. Dsquared is thoroughly confused, and so, it's clear, are you.
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Anonymous, at Oct 23, 2004, 12:13:00 AM
Anonymous,
nothing of what I say is correct? Not even "Good geek stuff here."? Wow, I guess I need my geek privileges revoked if I don't know that.
Anyway, I have no clue as to Landsburg's politics. He could be a Democrat, a Republican, a Communist, an Anarchist, or something else. I don't know a single position he has on any issue. So where you got the idea that I disagree with him because of his politics is beyond me.
Thirdly, I don't care what you say, the way he set up the situation, the two communicate. It's imperfect communication, but isn't all communication imperfect? We set up beforehand that if I do A, B will likely happen, and if you see B, you act in the way we agreed. How is this different from his scenario? How is this not communication? If you can enlighten me, I will bow before your superior knowledge. Otherwise, shut up.
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Maestro, at Oct 23, 2004, 9:43:00 AM
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