Sky TV and the prisoners’ dilemma

Sky TV and the prisoners’ dilemma
The prisoners’ dilemma is a model of real-life conflict. (Image: 123rf)
Simon Robertson
The Prisoners’ Dilemma is a paradox formalised in the 1950s by two mathematicians, Merrill Flood and Melvin Dresher.It’s game theory whose origins can be traced back to modelling real-world conflicts, such as nuclear standoffs between the US and the Soviet Union. It tests how people make decisions under uncertainty and conflicting interests.How it worksTwo suspects are arrested and held in separate cells without communication. The police don’t have enough evidence to convict them of a major crime unless one or both confes...

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