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The Brexit Minister for Food Security

The Brexit Minister for Food Security

by Len Fisher | 15 Jul 2019 | Food & Gastronomy: Media and Writing, Game Theory & You: Media and Writing

The Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery is my favourite annual indulgence, where I meet many old friends from the foodie world and let fly with my thoughts and opinions on the theme of the meeting. The theme for 2019 was Food and Power, which gave me the opportunity...
World octopus day: What the octopus can teach us about hunting for bargains

World octopus day: What the octopus can teach us about hunting for bargains

by Len Fisher | 9 Oct 2017 | Game Theory & You: Media and Writing

October 9th is World Octopus Day, believe it or not. Even more unbelievable, the octopus can teach us quite a bit about the best decision strategies when it comes to hunting for bargains, as I reveal in this blog that was first published  in Psychology Today in 2014....
127. How can we cooperate? A new lesson from the bees

127. How can we cooperate? A new lesson from the bees

by Len Fisher | 1 Feb 2017 | Game Theory & You: Media and Writing, Mini Stories from Science, Planning for Life's Crises: Media and Writing

The world is rapidly going down the road of competition rather than cooperation. In doing so, as I have shown in previous posts and in my book Rock, Paper, Scissors: Game Theory in Everyday Life, its citizens face the deadly dilemmas exposed by game theory – in...
126. The ethics of game theory: Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby & Mrs Bedonebyasyoudid

126. The ethics of game theory: Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby & Mrs Bedonebyasyoudid

by Len Fisher | 31 Jan 2017 | Game Theory & You: Media and Writing, Mini Stories from Science, Planning for Life's Crises: Media and Writing

I avoid political commentary on this website , but in the current climate (31st January, 2017) I believe that it is very important for as many of us as possible to look dispassionately at what is happening and  try to understand what is going on below the surface...
124. Trump, Russia and Lysenko: A cautionary tale

124. Trump, Russia and Lysenko: A cautionary tale

by Len Fisher | 11 Jan 2017 | Game Theory & You: Media and Writing, Mini Stories from Science, News

Submitted to Washington Post just before Christmas 2016. Nearly made it, but eventually missed out, The message for science is sadly stark. The U.S. should learn from Russian history “Are you now, or have you ever been, a climate scientist?” Donald Trump’s recent...
On the Fat-Headedness of Crowds

On the Fat-Headedness of Crowds

by Len Fisher | 25 Jun 2016 | Game Theory & You: Media and Writing, Mini Stories from Science, News

July 25th, 2016 The result of the recent UK referendum on whether to stay in or to leave Europe has come as a shock to many of us. More than one correspondent has asked me “I thought there was this thing called group intelligence which said that, the larger the group,...
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