Prisoners dilemma

THE PRISONERS DILEMMA (I).          In the prisoners dilemma two people have been arrested, the one yardbird is called smith. In this situation the authorities are not interest in the truth scarcely only ask to blame someone. An interrogator lays away the consequences for Smith. If Smith does not confess but the other(a) guy confesses against Smith, they testa workforcet release him and Smith will be put away for ten years. If Smith confesses and the other guy does not Smith will be free. If twain men confess, each(prenominal)(prenominal) will receive cardinal years. Still, if neither of the men confesses, there will not be plenty evidence to convict either one of them. Each human race will be held for one year, and then let go.

Smith and the other man are being gainered the same deal. bingle might assume that each man would confess against each other. In this case both men would receive five years and not obtain the minimum possible metre spent in jail. If each man looked out for him self both will end up worsened off than if they had acted in a more benevolent manner. This is what makes the prisoners dilemma such a paradoxical situation. Both men will be better of if they look out for each other or rather not look out for themselves.

This is a situation that can be used in every day living..



Any time there are peoples interests that are affected not only by what they do but what other people do, a dilemma may occur. In some situations everyone will end up worse off if they individually pursue their own interests than if they simultaneously do what it not in their own individual interests.

(II).         If I myself was in the prisoners dilemma, and my goal is to spend as little...

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