Neural Connection

After drinking few cups of cappuccino in CBTL Gateway, the circuits of my mind went wild again, connecting my neurons containing information on evolution and game theory. I am not really familiar with Game Theory but I have a good knowledge about evolution. Currently, I am reading Dawkins. I finished his Ancestor’s Tale. And now the Selfish Gene is being processed in my biological information system. My previous readings somehow developed this connection, from the influential and informative reflections of Stephen Jay Gould and the anthropocentric work of Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza to the complicated view of Nash. Hundreds of lines and thoughts juggled inside my mind figuring out the role of Game Theory in complex systems evolution, such as the biological evolution of species and the cosmic evolution of stars and galaxies. Experimental and theoretical biologists and mathematicians had developed a field called “Evolutionary Game Theory” to provide a clear view of this blurry connection.

On one hand, my mind also threw several questions that I have to resolve personally:

1. What is the role of sex (copulation) in evolution, in global sense and how is it to represented mathematically?
2. How would we incorporate the myriad human personalities in deriving the equation of human interaction?
3. Is there a general equation that can provide a global view of species evolution?
4. Do genes play a vital role in the macroscopic interaction of any species? If yes, how this can be ascribed in mathematical equation?
5. Do quantum mechanics play a vital role in this field?
6. What are the best tools that can totally describe the processes, events and interactions of species?
7. Do I know anything about Evolutionary Game Theory?
8. How about free will or the capacity of human beings to decide? Is this included in the model?
9. What are the dynamics of the evolutionary game theory?
10. Is Monte Carlo Stimulation connected to this field? How?

Hundreds of questions were battering my head. And I couldn’t answer even one of them. I felt the need to buy books that could give some light. Unfortunately, I am living in a country that books touching these topics are scarce. I am desperate to know the answers.

Good thing a friend of mine arrived and I was forced to shelf those reflections. We began discussing the different dealings of human beings.

I thought of another cup of cappuccino.

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