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From: mojo@reed.UUCP (Huddie Ledbetter)
Newsgroups: sci.math,sci.philosophy.tech
Subject: Re: The mathematics of supreme beings - game theory
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Date: Tue, 4-Aug-87 17:34:48 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug  4 17:34:48 1987
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Reply-To: mojo@reed.UUCP (Huddie Ledbetter)
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In article <839@klipper.cs.vu.nl> biep@cs.vu.nl (J. A. "Biep" Durieux) writes:
}Perhaps two or three years ago, I read an article about a book in which
}the author applied game theory to the (supposed) wishes of Supreme Beings,
}like people choosing to follow Him, or to believe in him without coercion,
}etc.
}
}Does anyone know about the book, the article, or the results?
}
Sounds like the book could be _The Mind's I_, edited/partially written by
Douglas R. Hofstadter and Daniel Dennett.  At least one of the pieces (the
book is basically a compilation with commentaries) deals with the concept
of a Supreme Being in a logical context, though I don't remember if game
theory was involved per se.  It, like Hofstadter's two other books, is
indispensable reading in any case.
}Thanks,
}-- 
}						Biep.  (biep@cs.vu.nl via mcvax)
}Unix is a philosophy, not an operating system. Especially the latter.


	Nathan Tenny
	...tektronix!reed!mojo