harvard student what? what?
I am writing a paper about a project I'm working on. Its content is loosely based on game theory and AI of rock paper scissors (which is actually a seriously studied game in all game theory texts). But I couldn't stop laughing when I wrote the following:
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To avoid falling into such traps of the subconscious such as the “double run,” competitive RPS players have developed a system of play in which they memorize several chains of three (or five, in some variations) of pre-determined plays, called gambits. There are 27 possible length-3 gambits, but the 8 most popularly used known by such easy-to-remember names as “Avalanche” (RRR), “Crescendo” (PSR), and “Fistful o’ dollars” (RPP).
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Fistful o' dollars. Easy-to-remember, why? Because R is the fist and PP are the dollars. Oh my, I'm getting smarter and wittier every day aren't I!
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To avoid falling into such traps of the subconscious such as the “double run,” competitive RPS players have developed a system of play in which they memorize several chains of three (or five, in some variations) of pre-determined plays, called gambits. There are 27 possible length-3 gambits, but the 8 most popularly used known by such easy-to-remember names as “Avalanche” (RRR), “Crescendo” (PSR), and “Fistful o’ dollars” (RPP).
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Fistful o' dollars. Easy-to-remember, why? Because R is the fist and PP are the dollars. Oh my, I'm getting smarter and wittier every day aren't I!