Comment on the following statement: "If one player in the game does not have a dominant strategy, it is impossible to predict the outcome of the game."

What will be an ideal response?


The statement is false. If one player has a dominant strategy and the other player knows it, then the outcome is predictable. For example, if player A will go right when player B moves left and vice versa, we can predict what player A will do if player B has a dominant strategy. If player B's dominant strategy is to move right, then we know that player A will move left.

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