My Word: Hunger-striking prisoners' dilemma Jerusalem Post By LIAT COLLINS The movie Midnight Express has a lot to answer for. The title became a synonym for hellhole jails with sadistic guards, brutal cellmates and mental torture. It's probably still the image that springs to mind when talking about prisons ... and more » |
ESPN | The Ilya Bryzgalov Mystery ESPN By Jeff MacGregor | ESPN.com To the list of famous puzzles like Zeno's Paradox and the Prisoners' Dilemma we can now add the Bryzgalov Mystery: How is it possible for any goalie to be so good and still lose? Or to be so bad and yet win? and more » |
Even worse The Economist (blog) Voters everywhere are in a state of Prisoners' Dilemma: they might agree that as a group they should vote, but in the absence of some other incentive (either legal or social) each individual voter has a dominant strategy of not voting. and more » |
The mayor's Bersih 3.0 headache Free Malaysia Today “It's like the prisoners' dilemma… where two person plotted and stole chickens and both got caught. If they cooperated together, both sentences can be reduced, but if both betray each other, it's a lose-lose situation. We wanted to avoid this lose ... and more » |
