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Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma.

Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma, as explained in the post below. What do you do?
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Testify
23.53%
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Stay silent
76.47%
 13 76.47%
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Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma.
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RE: Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma.
November 24, 2017 at 7:14 pm
(November 24, 2017 at 7:07 pm)Succubus Wrote: I see a real world problem  in scenario 2.

"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."

Is it not likely the three year guy will now change his testimony and now both of them are heading for the nick? Or is this angle not part of the dilemma.

No, you can't change your testimony. The whole point is that you have to make the decision without knowing what the other person is going to choose, and you're not able to respond to their choice.
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Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma. - by shadow - November 24, 2017 at 4:23 pm
RE: Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma. - by shadow - November 24, 2017 at 5:05 pm
RE: Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma. - by Chad32 - November 24, 2017 at 6:06 pm
RE: Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma. - by Anomalocaris - November 25, 2017 at 9:06 am
RE: Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma. - by Chad32 - November 24, 2017 at 4:59 pm
RE: Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma. - by Brian37 - November 24, 2017 at 5:13 pm
RE: Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma. - by shadow - November 24, 2017 at 6:29 pm
RE: Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma. - by Succubus - November 24, 2017 at 7:07 pm
RE: Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma. - by shadow - November 24, 2017 at 7:14 pm
RE: Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma. - by Succubus - November 24, 2017 at 7:17 pm
RE: Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma. - by Jackalope - November 24, 2017 at 7:18 pm
RE: Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma. - by shadow - November 24, 2017 at 7:27 pm
RE: Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma. - by Jackalope - November 25, 2017 at 2:46 pm
RE: Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma. - by vorlon13 - November 24, 2017 at 10:01 pm
RE: Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma. - by Edwardo Piet - November 25, 2017 at 8:12 am
RE: Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma. - by shadow - November 25, 2017 at 1:54 pm
RE: Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma. - by Chad32 - November 25, 2017 at 11:25 am
RE: Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma. - by Edwardo Piet - November 25, 2017 at 2:43 pm
RE: Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma. - by shadow - November 25, 2017 at 3:00 pm
RE: Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma. - by Edwardo Piet - November 25, 2017 at 3:03 pm
RE: Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma. - by shadow - November 25, 2017 at 3:32 pm
RE: Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma. - by Edwardo Piet - November 25, 2017 at 4:27 pm
RE: Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma. - by Edwardo Piet - November 25, 2017 at 3:08 pm
RE: Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma. - by Nay_Sayer - November 25, 2017 at 3:44 pm
RE: Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma. - by Edwardo Piet - November 25, 2017 at 5:01 pm
RE: Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma. - by Jackalope - November 25, 2017 at 5:02 pm
RE: Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma. - by Aegon - November 25, 2017 at 5:00 pm
RE: Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma. - by vorlon13 - November 25, 2017 at 5:13 pm
RE: Poll: You're in the Prisoner's Dilemma. - by Edwardo Piet - November 25, 2017 at 5:05 pm

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