Scientists find a winning strategy for rock-paper-scissors Posted by efficientarch on Friday May 02, 2014 @02:54AM from the arstechnica.com dept. http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/05/win-at-rock-paper-scissors-by-knowing-thy-opponent/ ( 2 comments | 3 points | on HN )
Not even that. This won't work if you're playing someone who's consciously trying to play mind games.
(Usually the actual mind-games played are meaningless, but they alter the kind of instinctive psychology that underlies this strategy.)
"The battle of wits has begun. It ends when you decide and we both drink, and find out who is right...and who is dead."