Prisoner's dilemma
Previously we wrote about mathematical "puzzle" originating from a TV game (see the description of the Monty Hall problem). This time we shall consider the opposite case - the mathematical "game" used as a base for a TV game. Watch a fragment of the "Golden Balls" final stage called "Split or steal".
The game is very simple, yet about what constitutes an optimal play or correct solution we could argue a lot. It is even used to understand social behavior in humans [1].
References
- T. Grund, C. Waloszek, D. Helbing. How Natural Selection Can Create Both Self- and Other-Regarding Preferences, and Networked Minds. Scientific Reports 3: 1480 (2013). doi: 10.1038/srep01480.
