Robert Aumann Quotes & Sayings

The strong equilibrium point f just described is one of "unrelenting ferocity" against offenders. It exhibits a zeal for meting out justice that is entirely oblivious to the sometimes dire consequences to oneself or to the other faitheful i.e., those who have not deviated. — Robert Aumann

A person's behavior is rational if it is in his best interests, given his information — Robert Aumann

Repetition acts as an enforcement mechanism: It makes cooperation achievable when it is not achievable in the one-shot game, even when one replaces strategic equilibrium as the criterion for achievability by the more stringent requirement of perfect equilibrium. — Robert Aumann

I think game theory creates ideas that are important in solving and approaching conflict in general. — Robert Aumann

Science is often characterized as a quest for truth, where truth is something absolute, which exists outside of the observer. But I view science more as a quest for understanding, where the understanding is that of the observer, the scientist. Such understanding is best gained by studying relations - relations between different ideas, relations between different phenomena; relations between ideas and phenomena. Rather than asking "How does this phenomenon work?" we ask, "How does this phenomenon resemble others with which we are familiar?" Rather than asking "Does this idea make sense?" we ask, "How does this idea resemble other ideas? — Robert Aumann

War has been with us ever since the dawn of civilization. Nothing has been more constant in history than war. — Robert Aumann

Interactive Decision Theory would perhaps be a more descriptive name for the discipline usually called Game Theory. — Robert Aumann