For 10 points -- name this situation where two isolated people are given the choice between confessing a crime and remaining silent.
Named by Albert Tucker to make it more accessible to a group of Stanford psychologists, it was once part of the Rand Corporation's research into global nuclear strategy, specifically game theory, and represents the failure of individual rationality. For 10 points -- name this situation where two isolated people are given the choice between confessing a crime and remaining silent.
Named by Albert Tucker to make it more accessible to a group of Stanford psychologists, it was once part of the Rand Corporation's research into global nuclear strategy, specifically game theory, and represents the failure of individual rationality.
{prisoner’s dilemma}