“The only move is not to play” is from the 1983 movie “War games” whose theme is a kid hacks into a government computer that controls nuclear weapons, the computer almost starts a nuclear war but stops short after running simulated scenarios which all lead to total annihilation.
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"The only winning move is not to play"
Too bad the story is made up, the author does reference Fox Mulder and the phrase "I want to believe".
“The only move is not to play” is from the 1983 movie “War games” whose theme is a kid hacks into a government computer that controls nuclear weapons, the computer almost starts a nuclear war but stops short after running simulated scenarios which all lead to total annihilation.
https://youtu.be/NHWjlCaIrQo it’s on the monitor at 3:40
Exactly this. War Games showed this theorem back in 1983. I would hazard a guess that Joshua's statement inspired this 'fake' story.
Reminds me of the Tetris AI that just paused the game so it wouldn't lose.