Topic > A Reflection on the Prisoner's Dilemma - 811

Throughout life there are many things that change, but one thing that never changes is the fact that we, as human beings, are constantly making decisions. In the morning we decide whether we want to go back to sleep or get up, we decide what to wear, what to eat and many other things. This semester, so far, in Core 5, we have learned about the prisoner's dilemma. It is a situation in which each person has the ability to choose how to react to something. However, the peculiarity of this decision is that each person's decision is directly influenced by the other person's decision and vice versa. The outcome of their reaction depends on what the other person decided to say. The popular example is that of two prisoners who have to decide separately whether to do it or not