Symbolic Logic
I’ve been meaning to write about my Wednesday Games and Strategic behavior class for a while now, but with the sickness and whatnot, it just hasn’t come out. But something shocked me to my core that day, something that will change my knowledge of mathematics and numbers forever.
Did you know that numbers/symbols can actually be used as words? Not just like the word “one” or “theta,” but actual words in sentences with true meaning.
In the last five minutes of class, the professor popped out this utility equation:
U=ΘX-C(X)+αG+β(~Θ)
U is total utility or total benefit.
Θ is the multiplier a person gets when contributing X amount, depending on his or her beliefs on charity and whatnot.
C is the cost of giving X amount
αG is the public good, what the public receives from this exchange, which is factored into total utility.
β is a multiplier equivalent to how important public perception of you is (like if you’re super concerned with what people think of you).
(~Θ) is the actual public perception of how you believe (notice it’s isn’t exactly the same as Θ.
Bam, you have the equation for an entire personalities of people in regards to their charity preferences.
2 years ago