Can you take maths too far? Game theory and toilet seats.

Hard to believe that it could be possible to take maths too far but sometimes just sometimes one has to wonder.

Take for example The social norm of leaving the toilet seat down: A game theoretic analysis in which Hammad Siddiqi analysis the toilet seat problem (just because some couple argue over it doesn’t make it scientifically interesting). In the introduction he says

The issue of whether the toilet seat should be left up or down after use seemingly generates a lot of passion among the parties concerned, however, scientific inquiries into the matter are almost non-existent.

Yeah, I wonder why.

But it gave me something to blog about.

Mildly amusing, too.