Sketch comments on Prisoner's Dilemma on game show Golden Balls - Less Wrong

15 Post author: atorm 21 April 2012 12:31AM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (29)

You are viewing a single comment's thread.

Comment author: Sniffnoy 22 April 2012 04:32:04AM *  5 points [-]

The changed payoff matrix makes this unlike the Prisoner's Dilemma even without the addition of communication; more like a restricted bargaining game. One noteworthy difference from the Prisoner's Dilemma is that this game lacks a pure Nash equilibrium.

Edit: Apparently not quite; see below.

Comment author: Pfft 23 April 2012 01:06:19AM 6 points [-]

The usual definition of Nash equilibrium requires only ≤, not <, so Defect-Defect, Cooperate-Defect and Defect-Cooperate are Nash equilibria (and pure) but not "strong" Nash equilibria. You want this definition, because games need not have strong Nash equilibria, even if you allow mixed strategies.

(Apparently the game is called "weak prisoner's dilemma" in the literature).

Comment author: Sniffnoy 23 April 2012 02:01:44AM 1 point [-]

Oops, didn't realize that.