Rock-paper-scissors, also known as roshambo, has determined the outcome of millions of extremely important decisions. (That’s a rough estimate.) The knowledge that scissors cut paper, that rock ...
Two contestants compete in the 2006 International World Rock Paper Scissors Championships in Toronto. MARK BLINCH/Reuters/Corbis In China, a team of researchers tapped 360 students to try to crack the ...
Rock-Paper-Scissors is one of the oldest and most popular games out there. It is used not just for fun, but also to make various decisions when two or more people disagree on something. For kids and ...
New Yorker Nick Metzler, or @nickmetzler1 on TikTok, recently took to the popular social media site to share a tactic that he said should work nearly half of the time. In the one-minute video posted ...
As a child, many of us settled disputes (such as who would go first down the slide) by playing a simple game called Rock-Paper-Scissors. The game is simple: You pound your closed fist into your hand ...
How an ancient hand game traveled from east to west and became an unbiased way to decide everything. Plus: Can you actually hack a match? Think back to the last time you and a friend had to settle ...
“No washing dishes for me tonight," I said after I beat my sister at a game of Rock-Paper-Scissors (RPS). I was 10, and RPS was our “go-to” game of fate to decide all kinds of issues. Little did I ...