[Jewelry making - Article 01128] - Re: [Orchid] Problems with Pepe Mill sold by Stuller

[Noel Yovovich]

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>     Prisoner's Dilemma has nothing to do with trust. The reason it is
>     studied by academia is that the result of people acting in their
>     self interest is counter-intuitive. 

    I bow to the manifest reality that I will not change your mind.
    However, I cannot help myself-- 

    If an altruistic behavior is what will lead the prisoner in the
    dilemma to the best outcome (not *trust* that his co-prisoner will
    keep silent) then you would have to conclude that the Mafia is a
    supremely altruistic group. If you imagine a pair of mafiosi in the
    dilemma, you know that they would never speak and would, therefore,
    have the maximal outcome. In almost any traditional, tight-knit
    community, the potential "rat" would know that the consequences of
    speaking would be worse than merely being imprisoned-- everyone in
    the community would know who had betrayed the other person. 

    Thus, self-interest is not as simple and clear-cut as it would at
    first seem. QED. 

Noel
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