BLUFFING CAN BE REWARDING IN LOVE AFFAIRS: The lesson of Cyrano de Bergerac Sergio Rinaldi DEI, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy EEP, IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria
OUTLINE PREMISE ON MODELS MULTIPLE ATTRACTORS WHAT ABOUT LOVE AFFAIRS? CYRANO DE BERGERAC EXTENSIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
PREMISE ON MODELS Can we graphically describe the evolution of a love story? time
PREMISE ON MODELS From individuals to couples time 0 0 0
PREMISE ON MODELS Typical love stories
PREMISE ON MODELS 1: SHE 2: HE t: today t+1: tomorrow Similarly for HE
Gone with the Wind (1936) – Margaret Mitchell ( ) Gone with the Wind (1939) - Victor Fleming Vivien Leigh Clark Gable Scarlett O'Hara Rhett Butler
Gone with the Wind (1936) – Margaret Mitchell ( )
Il Canzoniere (1366) – Francesco Petrarca ( ) Laura de SadeFrancesco Petrarca Time [years] Francescos love
Jules et Jim (1953) – Henri-Pierre Roché ( ) Jules et Jim (1962) - François Truffaut Kathe Jules Jim Oskar WernerJeanne MoreauHenri Serre
Jules et Jim (1953) – Henri-Pierre Roché ( )
La belle et la bête (1740) Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont ( ) Beauty and the Beast (1991) - Walt Disney
Pride and Prejudice (1813) – Jane Austen ( ) Pride & Prejudice (2005) - Joe Wright Keira Knightley Matthew Macfadyen Elizabeth BennetFitzwilliam Darcy
A Cyr = - 2A Rox = 0.6A Chr = 1 Cyrano de Bergerac – Edmond Rostand ( ) Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) - Jean-Paul Rappeneau Gérard DepardieuAnne BrochetVincent Perez Cyrano de BergeracRoxaneChristian de Neuvillette
MULTIPLE ATTRACTORS a simple experiment
MULTIPLE ATTRACTORS
anaerobic bacteria aerobic bacteria two equilibria HEALTHY SICK
MULTIPLE ATTRACTORS NORMALHICCUP one equilibrium and one cycle
MULTIPLE ATTRACTORS two strange attractors EPYLESSY NORMAL
MULTIPLE ATTRACTORS From bad to good BAD GOOD ???
WHAT ABOUT LOVE AFFAIRS? BAD GOOD
WHAT ABOUT LOVE AFFAIRS? BAD GOOD
WHAT ABOUT LOVE AFFAIRS? GOOD BAD GOOD NO BLUFFWITH BLUFF
CYRANO DE BERGERAC
Fifteen years later
CYRANO DE BERGERAC
CYRANO DE BERGERAC The model Cyrano Roxane
CYRANO DE BERGERAC The model The parameters
Virtual phase: without bluffing 0 BAD GOOD
Real phase: with bluffing 0
Separation phase 0
Virtual phase: the expected future 0 BAD GOOD
Summary: The overall story 0 BAD GOOD
EXTENSIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
high no bluffing intermediate temporary bluffing low permanent bluffing These results explain the incresing use of chatting and aesthetic surgery Appeals: