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Re:Confessions of a Congressman by IkmoIkmo on Saturday February 07, 2015 @01:02PM (#9014720)
Prisoner's dilemma is more widely known. In any case it's known as game theory.
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Re:Confessions of a Congressman by philh on Saturday February 07, 2015 @01:19PM (#9014774)
It's not the prisoner's dilemma. In PD, both players are better off defecting, regardless of their opponent's move. In FD, if one defects, then the other gets a better result by cooperating.
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