'Our simple models are no longer sufficient,' said an eminent game theorist, who is calling for human passions and quirks to be taken into account, too. Diana Michele Yap reports from Stony Brook, New York. [Wired News]

About time, but it'll be fun watching mathematicians persuade psychologists, anthropologists, and sociologists to mathematically model how people think, feel, and interact. (Mr. Spock vs. Bones, for those old enough to remember the original Star Trek team.) This at a time when complexity science and emergent behavior are forcing everyone to rethink their approach to social science modeling.