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Old September 7th 08, 05:59 AM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.transport
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On 6 Sep, 10:11, "Brimstone" wrote:
Doug wrote:
On 5 Sep, 12:26, Tom Anderson wrote:
Science:


http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...riving-causes-...


I look forward to reading the paper, and to following development of
these ideas in the future.


The source says:


"Uncoordinated individuals in human society pursuing their personally
optimal strategies do not always achieve the social optimum, the most
beneficial state to the society as a whole. Instead, strategies form
Nash equilibria which are often socially suboptimal. Society,
therefore, has to pay a price of anarchy for the lack of coordination
among its members."


Or in other words, selfish drivers do not serve the common good and
give anarchists a bad name. Well, we knew that already didn't we.


No Doug, people behave like that whether they are drivers or not. Anarchists
are by nature selfish.


As usual you fail to demonstrate any understanding of anarchy.

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