Is there a legitimate strategy to Rock Paper Scissors?
In: Mathematics
Sort of.
Depends on the set up.
If it’s a one-off, just pick paper. People pick rock on their first try more than 30% of the time, so paper has better odds of winning than anything else.
In a 2/3 or more; start with paper, but then it becomes a mind game.
There is a slightplly-better-than-even chance that our opponent will react by throwing whatever *would* have won last round.
So if paper won last round, they will (slightly better than even odds) choose paper. So your second choice should be scissors.
Repeat as needed.
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