László Mérő

László Mérő ( born December 11, 1949) is a Hungarian mathematician and psychologist. He has written several popular science books on decision and game theory.

Life

Mérő represented Hungary in 1968 at the 10th International Mathematical Olympiad in Moscow and won the bronze medal there.

In 1974, he presented at the Eotvos Lorand University from a degree in mathematics. As a result, worked at the Computer and Automation Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. His research focus was on projects for pattern recognition and artificial intelligence.

From 1984 he continued his research in the field of human perception, because he recognized the limitations of artificial intelligence. He then worked at the Department of Psychology, Eotvos Lorand University.

Together with Ernő Rubik he works on computer games. The games are created and distributed by Meros computer game company.

Works

In his books he discusses the possibilities of rational action. To this end, he sets classic problems of game theory as the Prisoner's Dilemma or the dollar auction in relation to social and psychological influences.

• Optimal decision? Birkhäuser, 1998, ISBN 376435786X ( new edition under the title The logic of unreason. Rowohlt, 2000, ISBN 3499608219 )
• Az Élő pénz ( "The living money" ), ISBN 9638453842 (only in Hungarian)
• Maga itt a tánctanár? - Pszichológia, moralitás, játék és tudomány ( "Are You the Dance Instructor Here - Psychology morality, game and science" ), ISBN 9638453974

• The limits of reason. Rowohlt, 2002, ISBN 3499614197 (AKA Ways of Thinking; Habits of Mind - Észjárások ( Hungarian) )