You and your partner in crime from AF have had a good run robbing girl scouts of their cookies, but unfortunately you've both been arrested and are being interrogated by the police. You have no way to communicate with your partner in crime. The cops don't have enough evidence to convict either you or your partner of the serious charge of cookie theft unless there is a testimony against you. However, they do have enough evidence to get you for the lesser crime of loitering with intent to steal cookies, if they so choose. Your partner is in the same situation.
The cops offer you a deal, and you have 2 options: either testify against your partner, or remain silent.
What do you do?
Please answer the poll before discussing or reading what others would do in this situation. I want to see how people answer this without communicating with each other about strategy, as the classic problem specifies! This way we can also get an idea of whether we chose right or not as individuals.
Once you've answered feel free to discuss the problem.
The cops offer you a deal, and you have 2 options: either testify against your partner, or remain silent.
- If you and your partner both take the deal and testify against each other, you both get 2 years in prison.
- If one of you testifies against the other, the one who testifies gets to walk (0 years in prison). However, the one convicted will get 3 years in prison.
- If both of you remain silent, you both get 1 year in prison.
What do you do?
Please answer the poll before discussing or reading what others would do in this situation. I want to see how people answer this without communicating with each other about strategy, as the classic problem specifies! This way we can also get an idea of whether we chose right or not as individuals.
Once you've answered feel free to discuss the problem.
