http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Friday Maths corner en Sun, 17 May 2026 20:06:44 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10838#post-120473 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 17:22:36 +0000 Cyclingmollie 120473@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's a really cool conundrum. None of us is as dumb as all of us. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10838#post-120455 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:01:15 +0000 gembo 120455@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My Brain Hurts</p> <p>but Game Theory used to suggest Win-Win strategies as optimum.</p> <p>see also THe Nice Way Code </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10838#post-120451 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 14:47:55 +0000 amir 120451@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And yet</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23529849">BBC: "Selfish traits not favoured by evolution, study shows" </a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10838#post-120445 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 14:14:34 +0000 Arellcat 120445@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I don't have my copy in front of me but Tom Vanderbilt includes this analysis in his 'Traffic' book. The conclusion was that humans with a large degree of freewill are essentially non-altruistic in their acts, and therefore the efficiency of (transport) networks is always intrinsically non-optimum, and why traffic jams 'happen'. "Why should <em>I</em> make my journey take more time just so <em>yours</em> can take less?"</p> <p>I think Vanderbilt also makes the comparison with ants, who operate with more of a hive mind and miraculously don't get into traffic jams. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10838#post-120434 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 13:40:28 +0000 amir 120434@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Interesting paradox here that I am sure we are all aware of. Wish the decision-makers were as well.</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braess%27s_paradox">Braess's paradox</a> </p>