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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Apollo 13 and A Beautiful Mind weren't bad.


23 posted on 05/17/2006 1:22:09 PM PDT by karnage
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To: karnage
Apollo 13 and A Beautiful Mind weren't bad.

I'll agree with you on Apollo 13, but what really bugged me about "A Beautiful Mind" was that it totally lied about the premise of John Nash's Nobel-winning thesis. Suddenly, in the hands of Director Opie, game theory shows how the most optimal result can be found by cooperation, not competition.

A Hollywood socialist twisting the truth to make the idea of competition look bad? As the Church Lady used to say, "How Conveeeenient!"

24 posted on 05/17/2006 1:38:45 PM PDT by Yossarian ("If you're going through hell, KEEP GOING!" -- Winston Churchill)
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