Because scissors is the statistically least often thrown move, and because rock is the most often thrown move, paper is the best way to go. Paper will beat rock, which is the most commonly thrown move. Scissors can beat paper, but because it’s the least often thrown move the chances of losing are much less likely.

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A player who decides to play rock will beat another player who has chosen scissors (“rock crushes scissors” or sometimes “blunts scissors”), but will lose to one who has played paper (“paper covers rock”); a play of paper will lose to a play of scissors (“scissors cuts paper”).

According to certain legends, the term dates back to the Comte de Rochambeau, a French nobleman who fought against the British during the Revolutionary War (and gets a shoutout in hit musical Hamilton). Zimmer says that the Comte de Rochambeau had no involvement with the game of Rock, Paper, Scissors.

Like kanji, fireworks, and General Tsao’s chicken 1, rock, paper, scissors was actually created in China. The game was created around the time of Christ, but stayed in China for hundreds of years. It wasn’t until the 1700s that it made its way over to Japan. The rest, as they say, is history.

An easily memorised rule determines the winner: “Rock breaks scissors, scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock.” In other words, a player who chooses rock beats one who chooses scissors; scissors in turn beats paper; paper beats rock. This yields a winner whenever the two players choose differently.

The rules of Rock, Paper, Scissors are also related to the phases and nature of political ideals themselves. Scissors, a symbol of a free society, are easily destroyed by Rock, the symbol of Populism.

In case of paper, scissors wins; should the opponent choose scissors, it’s a tie. RPS players mentally categorize their throws as winners and losers. A player who loses is more likely to switch to a different throw the next time.

1/3rd chance

This sublimely tells the subject to choose scissors. And sure enough the subject chooses scissors and derren chooses rock to win. Then on the second go the subject chooses rock (as you can see this was derrens last choice) and derren chooses paper to win.

If we examine the payoff table for the game of rock, paper, scissors, it becomes evident that there is no such equilibrium. There is no option in which both players’ options are the best response to the other player’s option. Thus, there are no pure strategy Nash equilibria.

One idea tossed around for the origin of Roshambo is because the SanFransico area has long been home to a large population of the East Asian Immigrants. It’s likely that Bay Area kids early 1930s on who were playing Rock Paper Scissors or “Jon Ken Pon” decided to Americanize the name.