As I was doing some reading in the never-ending effort to increase my knowledge of war and politics, I happened to start analyzing the practical applications of Game Theory to current situations in the Middle-East.(As a warning to anyone interested in exploring Game Theory, it is heavy and tedious stuff.I apologize ahead of time if this writing reflects such.)Specifically, I focused in on the Game Theory problem commonly known as the “Prisoner’s Dilemma.”
For those who are unfamiliar with The Prisoner’s Dilemma, it is best explained like this:Two criminals are apprehended by the police (we’ll call them Criminal X and Criminal Y.)The authorities don’t have enough evidence to convict either man to a long prison sentence.Consequentially, the police isolate and interrogate each criminal separately.In an attempt to achieve a conviction, the police separately offer each criminal a deal.
The deal is this: if…
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