The traveler's dilemma.

This article is about a game called "Traveler's Dilemma," which was created by game theorist Kaushik Basu, to study the way people make choices and decisions. In this game, a person must make the best possible decision weighing all the options, and Basu has found that in this game thinking illogically allows the player the best outcome. INSETS: PAYOFF MATRIX OF THE TRAVELER'S DILEMMA;WHAT WERETHEYTHINKING?;Game Theory vs. Ordinary Decision Theory: I Know that You Know th.