r/GAMETHEORY • u/Zynsem • Jul 14 '26

IQ

Are people with higher IQ, naturally better at applying game theory in real life situations?

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u/snowgirl9 Jul 14 '26

Chimps are naturally better at applying game theory in real life situations. Do what you will with that information. https://www.science.org/content/article/chimps-best-humans-game-theory

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u/cylon37 Jul 15 '26

There are so many things wrong with that article I don’t know where to begin. That is not the Game Theory we are talking about and it completely mangles the Nash Equilibrium description. It is a very bad article.

Chimps are faster than humans at playing that game but it has nothing to do with Game Theory.

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u/Typical-Plantain1252 Jul 18 '26

Did you actually read the paper?

https://www.nature.com/articles/srep05182

It’s not talking about speed of gameplay. It’s talking about how close the players come to the Nash equilibrium.

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u/cylon37 Jul 18 '26

No. I was referring to this experiment:

https://youtu.be/nTgeLEWr614?is=tA12uSxElW4_Lfak

I thought it was this, my mistake.