Paradoxically, it has turned out that game theory is more readily applied to biology than to the field of economic behavior for which it was originally designed. (John Maynard Smith)

Paradoxically, it has turned out that game theory is more readily applied to biology than to the field of economic behavior for which it was originally designed.

John Maynard Smith

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