So I've been bored the last few days. Summer break, I don't have too much to do, I'm getting bored quite often and most of my friends are on vacation. Decided to go with one of my few friends still in NYC to Barnes and Noble, where I was looking for something to study on. Went over to the psychology section twice, but found nothing really worthwhile there (although I didn't really look that hard, so I might check it out some other time; psychology is a fascination of mine that I unfortunately cannot pursue because I have a terrible scientific background). Friend found a humorous book, a pessimistic take on every major historical event from and including the Big Bang to 2007, which I bought for her (she knows she owes me). After finally finding the section with math books (seriously, who the hell puts math books in the science section?), it took an equally as long time to find a book on game theory (hidden in the masses of trivial algebra books). Unfortunately, there were only two books on game theory and one was just an analysis of 10 problems that were rudimentary at best, so I had to settle for the other book, which at least gets into dynamics and Markov chains. I wish I had a college library at my disposal.
Anyway, story about my high noon experience aside, has anyone here gotten into game theory or perhaps another subject that most people simply don't undertake, perhaps out of sheer boredom? What was your experience like, and do you feel you've learned something significant from it?
Anyway, story about my high noon experience aside, has anyone here gotten into game theory or perhaps another subject that most people simply don't undertake, perhaps out of sheer boredom? What was your experience like, and do you feel you've learned something significant from it?
