wedrifid comments on Real World Solutions to Prisoners' Dilemmas - Less Wrong

31 Post author: Yvain 03 July 2012 03:25AM

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Comment author: shokwave 03 July 2012 01:26:46PM 3 points [-]

No, it's a game of Chicken.

It's not a Prisoner's Dilemma because when the government pays, the terrorists gain no extra value from killing a hostage.

Comment author: wedrifid 03 July 2012 01:32:17PM 0 points [-]

It's not a Prisoner's Dilemma because when the government pays, the terrorists gain no extra value from killing a hostage.

But the hostages are (presumably) infidels or something enemy-like.

Comment author: Andreas_Giger 03 July 2012 01:52:12PM 1 point [-]

Yes, in that case it would actually be PD.