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Re:Mathematicians Roll Dice and Get Rock-Paper-Scissors by alanbernstein on Saturday January 21, 2023 @07:04AM (#34465856)
If you pick C, and your opponent picks B, you lose 58% of the time. What is optimal about that?

> If Gates had chosen first, then whichever die he chose, Buffett would have been able to find another die that could beat it (that is, one with more than a 50% chance of winning).

It seems like you're thinking about this outside of the relevant context, which is a math problem, loosely inspired by real life games.

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Re:Mathematicians Roll Dice and Get Rock-Paper-Scissors by mojomark on Saturday January 21, 2023 @11:20AM (#34467475)
Eagerly awaiting a retort to this point:)
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Re:Mathematicians Roll Dice and Get Rock-Paper-Scissors by thaumasiotes on Sunday January 22, 2023 @02:35AM (#34475238)
> If you pick C, and your opponent picks B, you lose 58% of the time. What is optimal about that?

What's optimal about that is that it's the best outcome you can theoretically achieve. That's what "optimal" means.

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Re:Mathematicians Roll Dice and Get Rock-Paper-Scissors by alanbernstein on Sunday January 22, 2023 @01:36PM (#34480638)
Sorry, I think you're just missing the point of the article.
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