Decius comments on Other prespective on resolving the Prisoner's dilemma - Less Wrong
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Right- which means defectbot is the optimal strategy. However, when playing against someone who is defined to be using the same strategy as you, you get more points by using the other strategy.
It should not be the case that two players independently using the optimal option would score more if the optimal option were different.