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How to play Rock, Paper, Scissors optimally: the Nash equilibrium

Summary by The Skeptic
Rock, Paper, Scissors (RPS) is a very simple game. So simple, in fact, it’s almost dull! However, it may be more interesting than you realise. We all think we know how to play the game “correctly”, based on intuition alone. You simply choose your strategy randomly and hope to get lucky. But how do we implement such a strategy in practice? If we had a calculator to hand, we could use the random number generator (RNG) function to generate a decima…
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The Skeptic broke the news in on Monday, May 26, 2025.
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