On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > I was also thinking towards the end that it's a pretty good Prisoner's > Dilemma situation set up. Towards the end (when chance was pretty > near 50/50) there were a few people who could better their position by > one by rebelling; then there were some folks who would worsen their > position by one if they rebelled, but lose by much more if they didn't > rebel and the rebellion worked... etc. This presupposed people were > paying attention which not everyone was, but it was interesting to > analyze and guess whether I'd rebel in their shoes.
Not every game theory situation is a prisoner's dilemma. The prisoner's dilemma is when there is one option (defecting) where, for each player, defecting is better than not defecting, but it's better for both players if neither player defects than if both players defect. This, however, is pretty much a game of guess-the-most-popular option. —Promotor Tanner L. Swett
