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    Pieter Bruegel the Elder The Triumph of Death c1562   This is turning into a comedy. A black comedy, for sure, but still. As both the Skripal nov
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    #39972
    V. Arnold
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    Pieter Bruegel the Elder The Triumph of Death c1562

    It would be nice to have some context for that painting.
    1562 doesn’t ring any bells of history for this one.
    Oops; it turns out to have been a very eventful year; interesting indeed; especially if one was in England…

    #39974
    zerosum
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    ” … if he knows he will win…”

    Define winning.

    There are lots of behavior modification games by many players.

    In game theory and economic theory, a zero-sum game is a mathematical representation of a situation in which each participant’s gain or loss of utility is exactly balanced by the losses or gains of the utility of the other participants. If the total gains of the participants are added up and the total losses are subtracted, they will sum to zero. Thus, cutting a cake, where taking a larger piece reduces the amount of cake available for others, is a zero-sum game if all participants value each unit of cake equally.

    If I get a bigger piece of cake, but if I convince you that every piece of cake are of equal value then I would have won.

    #39976
    Dr. D
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    Or perhaps “Zero-win” where “The only way to win is not to play.”

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    V. Arnold

    Always just click the image itself, I always try to make sure there’s stories behind them. In this case:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Triumph_of_Death

    #39979
    Professorlocknload
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    And isn’t ‘Assured Mutual Destruction’ a wonderful humanitarian concept?

    #39980
    Professorlocknload
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    @ Arnold, another site sporting nice artwork, and some provocative food for thought,,,,https://www.woodpilereport.com/

    #39981
    V. Arnold
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    Raúl Ilargi Meijer
    Thanks, I obviously didn’t know that.

    PL&L
    Thanks for the link.

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