prisoner’s dilemma: two collaborators are kept in separate rooms. if both betray the other, they each serve 5 years in prison. if one betrays the other but the other stays silent, the betrayer walks free and the betrayed serves 10 years. if both remain silent, they each serve a lesser charge of 2 years in prison. in short:
- if you chose to betray, and “stay silent” wins, you walk free (you betrayed the poll majority and they stayed silent)
- if you chose to stay silent, and “stay silent” wins, you serve 2 years (lesser charge, where both stay silent)
- if you chose to betray, and “betray the other person” wins, you serve 5 years (you both betrayed each other)
- if you chose to stay silent, and “betray the other person” wins, you serve 10 years (you were betrayed by the other)
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