'Trash'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
No, Prisoner's Dilemma is you and your buddy have gotten pinched and are in separate boxes. If you both keep quiet, you'll walk, but if one of you squeals the other gets 10 years, and if you both talk you'll each get a couple of years.
Yeah. So it's in your best interest to fuck over the other guy. Unless we're talking multiple iterations, in which case the tit for tat thing works best....
Prisoner's Dilemma is you and your buddy have gotten pinched and are in separate boxes. If you both keep quiet, you'll walk, but if one of you squeals the other gets 10 years, and if you both talk you'll each get a couple of years.
Uh, where's the dilemma? Don't talk. No dilemma. What am I missing?
Ahahaha. Instead of being painfully embarrassed by having to call random places to ask dumb questions, I am enjoying it this afternoon. Normally I hate this crap, but I'm guess I'm feeling perverse today.
What, no Tragedy of the Commons?
Don't talk. No dilemma. What am I missing?
That only works if you're 100% positive your accomplice won't spill.
Uh, where's the dilemma? Don't talk. No dilemma. What am I missing?
But what if your buddy does talk.
In fact, for either situation (your buddy doesn't talk or he does) you'll do better to talk than to not.
VERY popular on H:LOTS. "Oh, look, that's your bunky waving. He said you're the triggerman. "
Uh, where's the dilemma? Don't talk. No dilemma. What am I missing?
When you don't talk, but your buddy does, and all of a sudden you're doing a dime in Sing Sing for something you didn't even plan on doing!
Uh, where's the dilemma? Don't talk. No dilemma. What am I missing?
The dilemma is: can you trust your buddy?
Jesse knows.