Between Truth and Description
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چکیده
The philosophy behind game-theoretical modelling of conflict situations between “man” , attempting to describe the world, and “nature” trying, so it seems, to conceal the “truth” is discussed. An analysis of instances of such games related to the Maximum Entropy Principle is discussed. The possibility of entropy loss, a phenomenon related to distributions with ultra heavy tails is discussed. MSC 2000: 91A05, 91B50, 94A15, 94A17
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