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> In every situation, the most natural strategy is to maximize personal gains. The iterated prisoner's dilemma begs to differ. There are many many situations
by someone7x 7y ago
> In every situation, the most natural strategy is to maximize personal gains.
The iterated prisoner's dilemma begs to differ.
There are many many situations where cooperation is both natural and optimal.
- kube-system 7y ago> optimal i.e., there is something in it for them. It doesn't have to be a tangible thing, it could be a simple as self-satisfaction.
- samatman 7y agoThe iterated prisoner's dilemma does no such thing, as it's scored by maximizing personal gains. It does point to the advantages of not defecting on players who cooperate.
- james_s_tayler 7y agoWhat's fascinating about the iterated prisoners dilemma is there is no optimal strategy as the optimal strategy changes depending on the distribution of strategies in play. The best you can do if you have no idea what strategies are in place is to employ Tit For Tat (I think?) as it's optimal under the largest number of conditions but not all the time.