The Prisoner's Dilemma

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2014
  • The prisoners dilemma is a hypothetical game set up showing a situation where people won't want to work together even when it's beneficial to do so. It's just a long way of saying people don't like to be taken advantage of. Is often game theory 101.
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    ITERATED PRISONER'S DILEMMA AND THE EVOLUTION OF COOPERATION • The Iterated Prisoner'...
    EXTRA NOTES
    Concerning "Cooperation"
    Cooperation refers to cooperation between the two players. Not necessarily with outside parties like the police.

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  • @dweliq2993
    @dweliq2993 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10093

    1)Always commit crimes alone.
    2)Always keep your mouth shut.
    3)Profit!

    • @dweliq2993
      @dweliq2993 8 ปีที่แล้ว +198

      HeWhoShamesNarwhals Yeah like someone is going to be stupid enough to take blame for you and go to jail for x years. You would need to be a hot chick and promise neverending sex afterwards for that.

    • @adrianolechowski1345
      @adrianolechowski1345 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      +Dweliq Are you fried

    • @haze5638
      @haze5638 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Adrian Olechowski you can pay someone with the profit to go to jail for you for years wouldnt be the first guy

    • @ethangray8527
      @ethangray8527 8 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      +Dweliq
      Or be a cult leader. Cult leaders can get people to do whatever the fuck they want them to.

    • @bubblesdarter5592
      @bubblesdarter5592 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      +Dweliq Do you know nothing about human psychology? I know enough Men/Women who have spent over 5 years taking someones wrap for things they weren't even involved in.

  • @IanPhillipsUSA
    @IanPhillipsUSA 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10031

    The best option is called "Give me my lawyer" which then will get you off because there is no actual proof.

    • @blackwell4701
      @blackwell4701 7 ปีที่แล้ว +236

      Ian Phillips other than the minor offense of course. Which can be unsettling with a lousy case.

    • @jesuschrist6579
      @jesuschrist6579 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Ian Phillips
      I like your pfp

    • @Benjamin-od8od
      @Benjamin-od8od 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      oh jesus

    • @mayonnaise3192
      @mayonnaise3192 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      i like this

    • @josedolfstaller6491
      @josedolfstaller6491 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      OUR LORD HAS SPOKEN!

  • @lexiefisher161
    @lexiefisher161 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1736

    I did this game in a museum once. It was snitch or silent. I was playing with my dad and I would always snitch because I was a little selfish kid. Dad would always stay silent. I told him "Dad you have to try to get out" he would say "You're my daughter, I would never snitch on you" I now am so touched by that now but back then I said "just pretend I'm not"

    • @Pelipear
      @Pelipear 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Dang

    • @bgos4727
      @bgos4727 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Wow

    • @flamingblood8447
      @flamingblood8447 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Oof

    • @GoofyFang
      @GoofyFang 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Father: “Alright , time to go Candice.”
      Daughter: “My name isn’t Candice who’s that?”

      ..
      .

    • @bukucinho
      @bukucinho 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@GoofyFang
      Sweet home Alabama

  • @Someone-ig7we
    @Someone-ig7we 5 ปีที่แล้ว +863

    The survey may have had more people cooperating because they had nothing to lose. They could just pick to cooperate because it’s the nice thing to do and there is no gain nor loss. If you brought money in (like 10$ or 5$) then I think the answers would be different since they have something to lose or gain.
    Edit: I just realized something, if you had a HIGHER amount of money such as a $1000 then the results would also change drastically.

    • @maxlepocher2627
      @maxlepocher2627 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      they do offer small money as incentive

    • @lawrenceworrell591
      @lawrenceworrell591 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      They have conducted the dilemma in the real world under experimental conditions with monetary incentives. The interesting thing is that the results were influenced by what types of objects were in the room when the person was making their decision. Things we associate with business, brief cases, suits, so on, made people more inclined to defect almost 100% if the time. When filled with neutral objects, rucksack, teddy bears and so on, people were more inclined to cooperate again almost 100% of the time.

    • @derp3044
      @derp3044 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      there is a TV show where they do this, but I do not remember what it is called.

    • @alphared8028
      @alphared8028 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes, just watch the game show Golden Balls

    • @le0shadow
      @le0shadow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'd always co-op.

  • @merubindono
    @merubindono 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6993

    Jessie and James were finally caught after trying to steal Pikachu so many times.

    • @eichis.9784
      @eichis.9784 6 ปีที่แล้ว +166

      Tofu Kingpin nah, they will blast off the prison roof

    • @welp4576
      @welp4576 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      finally

    • @-_.---._.-_-.--._--
      @-_.---._.-_-.--._-- 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      yes!!!

    • @MaxTheCat-eh5ts
      @MaxTheCat-eh5ts 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Tofu Kingpin what if they blast off again

    • @zytlib6758
      @zytlib6758 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      fucking underrated this is

  • @elmoelmerson172
    @elmoelmerson172 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6459

    "This situation is pretty made-up, but has some real-world analogs... there's just 100 people in society, and they all smoke."

    • @alemcelik4544
      @alemcelik4544 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Elmo Humorless lol

    • @jacobp.2024
      @jacobp.2024 5 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      Also, that example is bad. Advertising serves many more purposes than just translating to a larger ratio of sales relative to competitors. Brand recognition, image, recognition in general, and persuasion are also reasons to advertise. It's unrealistic to expect many consumers to purchase a product that they do not know exists, or know nothing about.

    • @josuasoliz137
      @josuasoliz137 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      @@jacobp.2024 which in turn means more people buy your product

    • @iiomqicewolf9284
      @iiomqicewolf9284 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Elmo Humorless I’m not joking right when I saw your comment it showed the part in the video where it said that lmao

    • @eliesbutz8610
      @eliesbutz8610 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@jacobp.2024 All the stuff you mentioned just leads into more sales lol

  • @WatekFox
    @WatekFox 5 ปีที่แล้ว +225

    In Virtue's Last Reward :
    Ally and Betray
    In The Prisoner's dilemma :
    Cooperate and Defect
    A, B, C, D...
    That's what I call perfection.

    • @LancePuns
      @LancePuns 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I knew there’d be another ZE fan in this comment section!

    • @PokeFanShiro9553
      @PokeFanShiro9553 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I just thinking about VLR

    • @chara7054
      @chara7054 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ah yes I am playing the game right now so this just made me laugh thx XD

    • @gem42412
      @gem42412 ปีที่แล้ว

      lesgoooooo vlr

  • @ujvalbanda2867
    @ujvalbanda2867 4 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    5:27 creeped me out to the highest extent possible.

    • @poppytarts3405
      @poppytarts3405 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      anti-piracy screens be like

  • @frozenfeet4534
    @frozenfeet4534 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1635

    There's no extra option called 'pleading the fifth'?

    • @ThisPlaceChannel
      @ThisPlaceChannel  8 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      +Garen Crownguard lol

    • @BrandonTFields
      @BrandonTFields 8 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      +Garen Crownguard Pleading the fifth (5th Amendment) only means you don't have to provide testimony when it could incriminate you. 'Cooperating' as in not ratting out you partner is the same as just saying nothing to the authorities.

    • @SangoProductions213
      @SangoProductions213 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      pleading the fifth only involves self-incrimination.

    • @bobhope4288
      @bobhope4288 8 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      +Garen Crownguard You're better off using your miranda rights, like the right to remain silent. Then lawyer up and do as your lawyer says.

    • @DustinRodriguez1_0
      @DustinRodriguez1_0 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      +Garen Crownguard Personally I think many game theory 'games' are flawed in that they omit some important options. Specifically, they almost never include any options which are entirely self-destructive. In one-off games, that's fine, but when you start dealing with repeated games where the agents have memory, it can have an effect. Modelling imperfect information is important too. If you and I are in a standoff with nuclear weapons, and I let off a nuke on my own people, I suffer a loss, but the public will think that you bombed me, so you might suffer an even larger loss.

  • @combatkool-aid9495
    @combatkool-aid9495 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3200

    This video is a great way to teach a punnet square

    • @TheSinghmanjeet
      @TheSinghmanjeet 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      i will drink your blood

    • @combatkool-aid9495
      @combatkool-aid9495 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      +copiright infridgement ooooo so scurry

    • @TheSinghmanjeet
      @TheSinghmanjeet 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Combat Kool-Aid your blood is kool aid right?

    • @williamkroken6376
      @williamkroken6376 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah

    • @aidanallen1976
      @aidanallen1976 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      My science teacher did about three lessons total on punnett squares...
      Fucking degenerate...

  • @R0NYFL0NY
    @R0NYFL0NY 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1186

    Sad the amount of people missing the point and arguing semantics and non-sensical additonal options in the prisoner dilemma, people really need to use their brain and pay attention to what this video is actually about. It has nothing to do with the law or what to actually do in this situation.

    • @classydoctor5864
      @classydoctor5864 6 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      Green Shaman I'm pretty sure those comments were jokes.

    • @shoam2103
      @shoam2103 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Also worth watching the related Iterated dilemma video: th-cam.com/video/BOvAbjfJ0x0/w-d-xo.html

    • @user-sc6qj3uv2u
      @user-sc6qj3uv2u 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      EXACTLY.

    • @Gamebuilder2000
      @Gamebuilder2000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Brydon Burrell or they understood, but they didn’t play by the rules because they didn’t feel like it

    • @mm-rw3hi
      @mm-rw3hi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Brydon Burrell but negative +negative =positive

  • @tax-evasion-official
    @tax-evasion-official 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    This was also shown in something called "The Evolution of Trust" by Nicky Case.

    • @randompheidoleminor3011
      @randompheidoleminor3011 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Funnily enough these things aren't the best at representing evolution because they don't take into account genetic relations.

  • @milkis9098
    @milkis9098 7 ปีที่แล้ว +671

    PUNNETT SQUARE
    finally it has a use other than figuring out genes

  • @Phoenixspin
    @Phoenixspin 8 ปีที่แล้ว +750

    If they are Black, they are both going to jail for 5 years.

    • @doubled6490
      @doubled6490 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Phoenixspin cruel but true

    • @doubled6490
      @doubled6490 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** no it's not, it is just a fact.

    • @doubled6490
      @doubled6490 8 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      *****
      Well, if you say that 70% of gamers are boys, is it racist? No. Because it is a fact.
      And this is fact, not joke, although the fact itself is funny.

    • @TheRealFlenuan
      @TheRealFlenuan 8 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      …Assuming they survive the police's gunshots before getting arrested.

    • @PlanetCoolMinecraft
      @PlanetCoolMinecraft 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Luka DS It could also suggest other problems, depending on the justness and bias of the justice system.

  • @LancePuns
    @LancePuns 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    The prisoner’s dilemma is something I discovered through the game Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward. I loved how that game twisted this already pretty messed up system into something that was horrifying to try and get through.

    • @MiguelRPD
      @MiguelRPD 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Came here to find this comment 😂 did you finish the game ? Sigmas fate was crazy.

  • @justinecourtneysgavel89
    @justinecourtneysgavel89 5 ปีที่แล้ว +266

    Dio: *Slams Betray Button*

    • @mitigamespro8757
      @mitigamespro8757 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      That fucking Asshole. And Alice too.

    • @somthingz3928
      @somthingz3928 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      i hAvE a MisSioN tO accOmpLisH

    • @skyrah1365
      @skyrah1365 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      DIOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

    • @nizarneezR
      @nizarneezR 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      ah finally a vlr reference

    • @VideoGamer2oo4
      @VideoGamer2oo4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Virtues Last Reward! SOSJSSNNS THAT GAME IS SOOOOO GOODDDDDDD

  • @yeahsure7649
    @yeahsure7649 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7590

    Lawyers exist

    • @mango5735
      @mango5735 6 ปีที่แล้ว +179

      Yeah Sure and if they hire the same lawyer, he/she can go back and forth :3

    • @frederickwestwell-cassimje7114
      @frederickwestwell-cassimje7114 6 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      That's not the point

    • @wishfulwoomy9159
      @wishfulwoomy9159 6 ปีที่แล้ว +177

      Yeah Sure, the video is simply describing a hypothetical dilemma, a thought experiment of sorts. The fact that there is more to decisions like this than the situation displays is irrelevant.

    • @TheSharpUHC
      @TheSharpUHC 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yeah Sure fat american

    • @laurencea.8099
      @laurencea.8099 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's hypothetical.

  • @JonasHamill
    @JonasHamill 8 ปีที่แล้ว +334

    In England it's illegal to advertise tobacco products. So the companies end up benefitting from it.

    • @PopsicleIncorporated
      @PopsicleIncorporated 8 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      +Jonas Hamill There's a difference. In this example, it assumes that EVERYONE smokes. So the companies are making money no matter what.
      In a society where only a fraction of people smoke, the advertisements are worth a lot more.

    • @JonasHamill
      @JonasHamill 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      PopsicleIncorporated No but the cigarette companies are benefiting from it. It's a well known bit of trivia that since the advertising ban on tobacco products, companies are making more money.

    • @SinNombreYQueWea
      @SinNombreYQueWea 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      +Jonas Hamill Actually no if you compare the 80's society when advertising tobacco was legal in every country, everybody smoked, EVERYBODY, because smoking was a part of the society like the cold war or liking rock music.
      Here in chile advertising tobacco is illegal too, they even put images of cancerous lungs or dead people.
      But in the 80's it was legal to advertise, and if you look at every single movie, documentary, tv series... etc, oriented in the 80's you'll see everybody smoking.
      If the mayority of the population is leaving tobacco back since the tobacco adversiting ban , what's the logic to say that the companies are making more money.

    • @jbiasutti
      @jbiasutti 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      SinNombreYQueWea Tobacco costs more and advertising costs are zero, the huge taxation of cigarettes means the price difference between brands is not so much. When cigarettes are a dollar a pack then adding an extra dollar a pack will result in loss of all your customers. When they cost twenty five dollars the extra dollar a packet going to the bottom libe is not worth considering.

    • @epicchannel3152
      @epicchannel3152 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Jonas Hamill Yea, especially if you use stats like "11/10 doctors administer cigarettes". That's what Red Strikes did in the video!

  • @president.z2566
    @president.z2566 6 ปีที่แล้ว +176

    Always defect if your opponent's name is Dio...
    BETRAY

  • @HeisenbergADHDScienceAndMore
    @HeisenbergADHDScienceAndMore 6 ปีที่แล้ว +337

    The answer? Sue the police for corruption!

    • @readmylogo2929
      @readmylogo2929 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      HandsomeMGTOW how is it corruption

    • @HeisenbergADHDScienceAndMore
      @HeisenbergADHDScienceAndMore 6 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      It's corruption since the police is making them agree to a harder crime without having evidence of a harder crime. They only did a lesser crime(misdemeanor) and didn't commit a harder crime(felony). Since the crime was lesser, the police is essentially manipulating them into saying that the other did a harder crime. It's a trap! Lawyer up! Don't let them play these social psychopathic sociopath mind games on you. The sociopathic psychopath globalist elites want to ruin everything!

    • @readmylogo2929
      @readmylogo2929 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      HandsomeMGTOW thats rareley what plea bargaining is used for

    • @readmylogo2929
      @readmylogo2929 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      HandsomeMGTOW its getting people to confess to crimes or testify against someone else who did a larger crime in exchange for something like there lesser crime being ignored. Its used to get the small time criminals to help cops catch the bugger ones

    • @readmylogo2929
      @readmylogo2929 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bigger*

  • @mariovelez578
    @mariovelez578 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1670

    they put a picture of a baby on cigarette advertising?!

    • @madelinevlogs5898
      @madelinevlogs5898 8 ปีที่แล้ว +137

      The ad looks really old, it was probably made back when it would be acceptable to put a baby on a cigarette ad

    • @mariovelez578
      @mariovelez578 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Baruch Vlogs yeah but still

    • @mariovelez578
      @mariovelez578 8 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      ***** ik they thought it was "good" for you

    • @ajax6362
      @ajax6362 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Mario Velez no

    • @sukumvit
      @sukumvit 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      A baby who has had cigarettes administered prenatally, no less... For maximum growth and mump prevention, as 'scientifically proven'. It almost implies the kid should start smoking as soon as possible, like about this toddler, for 'maximum benefits'. From this to 'only GM crops can feed the world population' and yet people still wonder why 'science', as paid for by corporations, has acquired a bad reputation...

  • @mattr7118
    @mattr7118 7 ปีที่แล้ว +871

    Best option: Shut up and get a lawyer. Spend no time in prison

    • @Pluvita
      @Pluvita 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I know this comment is old, but:
      if the evidence for the minor crime (let's say fingerprints on a stolen item) is presented in court, you'll still get an year in prison.

    • @feartheghus
      @feartheghus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      John Doe you could still spend one year for the small crime

    • @thelunaticcultist5157
      @thelunaticcultist5157 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ace attorney.

  • @johnnyenglish1043
    @johnnyenglish1043 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This reminds me of “The evolution of trust”

  • @jannesvanquaillie9151
    @jannesvanquaillie9151 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great application/ example at 2:00
    The advertising made it clearer why this is important.

  • @Cosmalano
    @Cosmalano 9 ปีที่แล้ว +493

    Not entirely sure why this video was suggested to me, but I'm glad it was! Awesome stuff!

    • @iank8821
      @iank8821 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Same it was suggested to me don't know why but I'm also glad it was

    • @iank8821
      @iank8821 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      i think its when video gets so many likes it gets more popular so youtube recommends it thats why its only now that we are getting these recommmendations

    • @almerakbar
      @almerakbar 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same here

    • @almerakbar
      @almerakbar 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've subscribed now

    • @jonbar6050
      @jonbar6050 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same bro welcome to the family

  • @Zoe-vq7zg
    @Zoe-vq7zg 7 ปีที่แล้ว +289

    "they were supposed to be cute" lol that's what my mom said

  • @chimellecoetzee9480
    @chimellecoetzee9480 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This video made understanding the Prisoner’s Dilemma very easy to understand - thank you for your time spent creating and publishing this great content! 😊

  • @swedishplus2564
    @swedishplus2564 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    genius artistic visualisation. I like the simplicity and clarity of your illustration.

  • @bb-vc2jq
    @bb-vc2jq 6 ปีที่แล้ว +845

    I think the real dilemma here is why their faces don't connect with their body

    • @tryingmybest206
      @tryingmybest206 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      It's because they don't smoke lucky strike

    • @MonkeyJedi99
      @MonkeyJedi99 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Magnets. If you don't know the answer, it's usually magnets.

    • @cr0647
      @cr0647 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      *r a y m a n i n t e n s i f i e s*

    • @Xgil2Play
      @Xgil2Play 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They are from the same species as Rayman

    • @DemoysView
      @DemoysView 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂😂😂

  • @Centuries_of_Nope
    @Centuries_of_Nope 7 ปีที่แล้ว +389

    Two rival nations wanting to reduce their number of nukes to please their citizens. Another example.

    • @WickedKnightAlbel
      @WickedKnightAlbel 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I remember DanganRonpa using that example too when describing it.
      (but Virtue's Last Reward explained it the best).

    • @zawsrdtygbhjimokpl6998
      @zawsrdtygbhjimokpl6998 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      also they're expensive. Having 2 times more nukes won't make others fear you twice as much. In times of peace, the bluff is all they're good for

    • @khiemluong4591
      @khiemluong4591 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Both can reduce the nukes to please their 80% of both countries' citizens, one can choose not to reduce nukes and please only 65% of their population while the other who pleases 95%, or both can not reduce any nukes can please only 50% of both countries' citizens

    • @anhbui-bc4ew
      @anhbui-bc4ew 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      701468392523816070046289411368222507496286869371438642749038614

    • @vodkat07
      @vodkat07 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      J

  • @someguy4384
    @someguy4384 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Protip:
    The true lesson of this situation is that, no matter what, talking to the police is a bad idea. Be smart. It doesn't matter how innocent you are. Lawyer up.

    • @Liam_The_Great
      @Liam_The_Great 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      no it's not

    • @someguy4384
      @someguy4384 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Liam_The_Great
      It 100% is.
      It's not the lesson the Dilemma wants us to take, but it is the lesson you should take from it. Remember. The police do not work to help you, but to prevent and punish crime. There's a deep fundamental difference.
      Lawyer up my friend. False convictions happen all the time on the Western world.

    • @teranyan
      @teranyan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      also it's kind of BS that accusation from some criminal would somehow be sufficient proof to get you in trouble. Like in this hypothetical situation they could both be innocent and both end up punished wtf?

    • @someguy4384
      @someguy4384 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@teranyan
      Happens all the time, my dude.
      That's why you follow the cardinal rule and never talk to the police. Lawyer up.

  • @srawat27
    @srawat27 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That experiment was interesting for the fact so many people cooperated...I'd like to see a meta study done on this experiment by running it on multiple sessions with the only variable being the stakes on which the point system depends on higher stakes and pressure on the person the change in the cooperation and defection rate should be interesting to observe.

  • @milindbordia
    @milindbordia 6 ปีที่แล้ว +379

    5:29 What did i just witness

    • @darkbolt333
      @darkbolt333 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Jehova

    • @theexperiencer6604
      @theexperiencer6604 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Murders

    • @TrueRandomPlayer
      @TrueRandomPlayer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The faces of the devil's advocate.

    • @vodkat07
      @vodkat07 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      The channel losing one subscriber because this comment had a timestamp I could click on.

    • @quantum.code.x
      @quantum.code.x 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s not _that_ creepy, now do be a dear and kill the bastard who made the comment.

  • @matthewciolfi455
    @matthewciolfi455 8 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    The game show Golden Balls (UK) uses this in the final part of the show where the two remaining contestants can either choose split the money or steal it, if one steals the other splits stealer gets all but if both steal no one gets anything, however they are allowed to talk so it is more about trusting the other person to do the right thing and not be greedy.

    • @naverilllang
      @naverilllang 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      keep it; I'm an asshole

    • @deeplyshalllow8967
      @deeplyshalllow8967 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Was just thinking about this when I was watching it. Think I might go with "steal" anyway, not necessarily because I wouldn't split afterwards (just give them a check after the show ends), but because I don't want some greedy person stealing all the money with no intention of giving it to me.

    • @matthewmcmahon684
      @matthewmcmahon684 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Did you see that woman who stole the £100,00 and the other guy wanted to split. What a bitch.

    • @fleecemaster
      @fleecemaster 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Pretty much everyone always steals on this show, it's kinda hilarious, I'm not sure I've ever seen both players split...

    • @shoteverydayb4528
      @shoteverydayb4528 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Used to be a similar game show here in the states called Friend or Foe. Was one of my favorite shows not sure why the stopped making them.

  • @lilaxleoli4980
    @lilaxleoli4980 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This reminds me of an episode I believe was called prisoners dilemma on a show called white collar. The good guys managed to make the bad guys think that the other was betraying them

  • @caralee201
    @caralee201 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I was scared half to death when their faces turned into creepy pixel smiles

  • @mikei6605
    @mikei6605 8 ปีที่แล้ว +584

    Zero escape: virtues last reward is all about this lol

    • @Zweizahar
      @Zweizahar 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      phew, i thought i was the only one thinking that, since no-one else commented that. haha, the only thing in my mind was "it HAS to be Zero's Escape: Virtue's Last Reward"

    • @mikei6605
      @mikei6605 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      AggronTrainer ポケットモンスター lol yeah

    • @GarfieldKartDs
      @GarfieldKartDs 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The zero escape series is great

    • @mxshtyx
      @mxshtyx 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      +Not_a_psychopath I love the series it's really good.

    • @rob98000
      @rob98000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah, have you played the newest game? Zero is voiced by the guy who voices Albert Wesker from resident evil.

  • @jesuscrust6043
    @jesuscrust6043 7 ปีที่แล้ว +531

    Dat last scene tho, scared the bleach out of me

    • @puppything
      @puppything 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I see u everywhere xD

    • @MushuWishes
      @MushuWishes 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I can't believe I am saying this, but I hid behind my jumper I have on my lap XD!

    • @maddie-lq1fg
      @maddie-lq1fg 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why are you literally everywhere? Like Wtf

    • @tintinfan007
      @tintinfan007 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      nice name u hav

    • @tintinfan007
      @tintinfan007 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      nice statement though

  • @mrarch5360
    @mrarch5360 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Been teaching pd for many years. This is still the best video on the topic - so thank you very much!

  • @skyeliner
    @skyeliner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember this! There's this place called The Explortorium in SF that has these two rooms where you do this same exact thing.

  • @Cyfix15
    @Cyfix15 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1410

    so, moral of the story, cooperation is key to success.
    if we all lived by the teachings of these results then there would be no war

    • @michaelcantu6071
      @michaelcantu6071 8 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      It's just a scenerio... Real life isn't like this

    • @johndoe-rm7sv
      @johndoe-rm7sv 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +SoldierCyfix the moral is that our judical system is a fraud and needs fixing

    • @DistortedFaiths
      @DistortedFaiths 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can you elaborate more on this proposed "fifth rule"?

    • @sevenbillion2521
      @sevenbillion2521 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +SoldierCyfix the thing is old wars were conquests where you knew you would win and modern wars are fought by religious radicals and blind xenophobes.

    • @shkelzennokaj5194
      @shkelzennokaj5194 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +SoldierCyfix In fact, the story is the opposite of what your saying. GTO in here says you have to protect yourself not your friend.

  • @chellmell3388
    @chellmell3388 8 ปีที่แล้ว +261

    If you can't trust your partner to do the option that is best for you both of you then you need a new partner.

    • @snowjix
      @snowjix 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      amen.

    • @saifuddinmakati843
      @saifuddinmakati843 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      If only that could work

    • @yokerarashi
      @yokerarashi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You've been captured in Prison and you can't actually Have a new partner..

    • @TheKYLEdavid
      @TheKYLEdavid 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Because arsonists are known for being trustworthy

    • @lisahenry20
      @lisahenry20 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheKYLEdavid "But we pinky promised"
      "ah yes, thieves are known for keeping their pinky promises"
      -studio c, practical philosophy

  • @NicoTheCinderace
    @NicoTheCinderace 5 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    Phi taught me this from Zero Escape.
    Good thing Dio isn't here, otherwise he'd be betraying me every chance he gets.
    Goddamn it, Dio.

    • @mahmirr
      @mahmirr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Jotaroooooooo

    • @stasgrach
      @stasgrach 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mahmirr go fucking away with this cancer called "jjba". this comment is about normal game, not stupid anime

    • @dampe7438
      @dampe7438 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      no

    • @NicoTheCinderace
      @NicoTheCinderace 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@stasgrach Dude, don't be rude.

    • @Jabbagono
      @Jabbagono 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Fanjanhong * hey, so umm... just wanted to say... that, ahhhhh hatingjojoisajojoreference

  • @janabroflovski2572
    @janabroflovski2572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    My teacher in high school did this game, she put us in random pairs and the rules were the same. But my partner betrayed me

    • @yoruichixx6951
      @yoruichixx6951 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      oof

    • @hackerulroman
      @hackerulroman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      But there were no stakes, were there?

    • @janabroflovski2572
      @janabroflovski2572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@hackerulroman nope thank god lol

    • @hackerulroman
      @hackerulroman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@janabroflovski2572 disappointing, probably for hs a great wager would be homework. That should be enough motive

    • @janabroflovski2572
      @janabroflovski2572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hackerulroman it was just a fun test to see who will betray or not

  • @DanielSilva-fy6bo
    @DanielSilva-fy6bo 8 ปีที่แล้ว +850

    I watched it now get out of my suggestions.

    • @ThisPlaceChannel
      @ThisPlaceChannel  8 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      +Daniel Silva No. You watch it again.

    • @DanielSilva-fy6bo
      @DanielSilva-fy6bo 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Touche, I won't deny it I liked the video just that it was kind of annoying it being on my suggestion, good job though/

    • @DanielSilva-fy6bo
      @DanielSilva-fy6bo 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wolfhair I have

    • @lightningstrike2001
      @lightningstrike2001 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +Daniel Silva and again,AND AGAIN MUAHAHAHAHA (actually,you can delete video off the suggestion.Google it how :D )

    • @DanielSilva-fy6bo
      @DanielSilva-fy6bo 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      lightningstrike2001 Nah I'm alright lol, I'll watch it when I'm bored.

  • @TheSimplyJJP
    @TheSimplyJJP 7 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    Lol, Virtue's Last Reward taught me this.

    • @TheEpicNots
      @TheEpicNots 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Golden balls taught me this.

    • @mxshtyx
      @mxshtyx 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      true

    • @bethmorris1513
      @bethmorris1513 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Same

    • @suphoelds3713
      @suphoelds3713 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Phi and Apple and Bannana

    • @Naixatloz
      @Naixatloz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Fuck Dio.

  • @dimitriosfl
    @dimitriosfl 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've watched like 10 videos to understand the Nash Equilibrium and yours was the only one that did the trick...Respect!

  • @tuckisbad
    @tuckisbad 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This made an appearance in the book series, “The Mysterious Benedict Society”

  • @sheltonburnadeski5946
    @sheltonburnadeski5946 9 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    I mean if you commit a crime, what you should know about cops is that if they know shit about what you did, they wont be interrogating you.
    Be smart, people. Keep your mouth shut and don't ever talk to cops.

    • @sheltonburnadeski5946
      @sheltonburnadeski5946 9 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Dakota M What is law is not always what is right.

    • @MrMrtvozornik
      @MrMrtvozornik 9 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      ***** Never trust police either. Police wants to put someone in prison, sometimes regardless if person committed the crime. Especially in set ups, all system wants is someone to punish for laws being broken. Basically, never go along with the system and never cooperate.

    • @lorrainesharpe6488
      @lorrainesharpe6488 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Stefan Kojadinov : true in fact not many people know defence attys will tell you don't Ever talk to the cops. You don't have to. You have the right to remain silent! Insist on waiting for public defender in you have no money.

    • @Ekinlabberer
      @Ekinlabberer 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** so just remain silent on all questions?

    • @sheltonburnadeski5946
      @sheltonburnadeski5946 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Ekinlabberer That's the best thing, yeah. They'll call it not cooperating but that's a fucking lie, and they know it. Just ask for a lawyer, then stay completely silent until he shows up. Look to your lawyer every time they ask you a question to see if it's alright to answer.
      Police interrogation uses pressure to get you to confess to shit you likely haven't done. Stay calm and remember that you're innocent until the judge rules guilty, regardless of what you have or haven't done.

  • @jammer523691aj
    @jammer523691aj 6 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    I'm the type of person who would always go for cooperate, but then always be betrayed *coughzeroescapecough*

    • @gez_4515
      @gez_4515 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *sigh* happened to me so many times

    • @saltypotatochip4707
      @saltypotatochip4707 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same :(. The best option is to betray if you think the other person will betray, but cooperate if.you think they will cooperate.

    • @anhbui-bc4ew
      @anhbui-bc4ew 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      hi.lol

    • @anhbui-bc4ew
      @anhbui-bc4ew 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      test.o.o

    • @ninjatimmy2999
      @ninjatimmy2999 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm a copycat. I would do anything you did to me in the last round. But at first, I would cooperate. :D

  • @auv_guavs
    @auv_guavs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Team Rocket finally landed in prison?

  • @monchete9934
    @monchete9934 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Nonary Game: Ambidex edition from Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward uses this (it even explains it in full detail at some point) so that characters can get points to get out of the complex they're in. The scores are like this:
    All start with 3 points (if they get 9, they are allowed to leave, but that will leave anyone who doesn't go with them trapped forever) and are either paired with someone else or go alone depending on their bracelets' color and whether it says "pair" or "solo" but the prisoner part comes like this: They are paired with the group they went with to a room (The Puzzle part of Zero Escape) and they have to choose either Ally or Betrayal. The scorings go like this:
    Ally/Ally: +2/+2
    Ally/Betray: -2/+3
    Betray/Betray: 0/0
    What's interesting is that people who get to 6 points will coerce others into picking ally to betray them and escape ASAP instead of contributing into picking ally altogether since the beginning.

  • @CaptBackwards
    @CaptBackwards 8 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    My uncle is currently in jail, I should mail him about this so he can get out of jail.....

  • @thekiss2083
    @thekiss2083 9 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    If you own a 3DS or Vita and like this video, there's a fantastic game called Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward that's all about the Prisoner's Dilemma. A group of nine people are forced to play a game based on alliances and betrayals. It's an amazing and thought-provoking story.

    • @GrndMsterShake
      @GrndMsterShake 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      TheKiss Have the game and love it! Finished all the stories, but most of the time, choosing whether to ally or betray was difficult.

  • @strawberryflavouredcloroxb1565
    @strawberryflavouredcloroxb1565 4 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    ok but wtf are those cigarettes?
    "start early"
    "made for a woman"
    ah, yes
    children smoking and sexism

  • @brandonmartin-moore5302
    @brandonmartin-moore5302 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The Prisoner's Dilemma is also known as Split or Steal and is used as the endgame of some gameshows.

  • @timovehvilainen4093
    @timovehvilainen4093 9 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I was a test subject in one of those computer-tests, facing off against another anonymous person. Twice actually. I always tried to co-operate. First time the other person came along after a few rounds, but the person in the second trial didn't :/ . I felt like shouting "Betrayal!", although ofcourse nothing was agreed beforehand.

    • @ThisPlaceChannel
      @ThisPlaceChannel  9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Timo Vehviläinen lol

    • @respect_griz8499
      @respect_griz8499 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +This Place Did you know Prisoners Dilemma is the main game mechanic in the game Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward?

    • @ThisPlaceChannel
      @ThisPlaceChannel  8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Never heard of that game. How do they make that a main game mechanic?

    • @sanilkhurana3991
      @sanilkhurana3991 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Timo Vehviläinen in this experiment no one has anything to lose or gain. people might react differently in real life situations. for example in the prison one. another great way to experiment this would be do this competition in collaboration with some online addictive game like clash of clans and then they can gain or lose coins depending on their choices

    • @brcha
      @brcha 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Sanil Khurana Well, there's another parameter in RL, that isn't modelled by this test. Suppose blue goes to jail and red goes free. After three years, blue might find red and kill her. Or, in case they were a part of some criminal organization, it might not even take three years for red to meet her demise. In RL betrayal isn't really a rewarded property.

  • @danielhale1
    @danielhale1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    It gets especially troubling if both prisoners are innocent. If all the police want is a confession and they'll take a fake one, the odds are stacked heavily against the truth -- the advantage is always to snitch even if you're making it up, and staying honest becomes a frightening risk. I would hope that defendants are not placed in prisoner's dilemmas for that very reason, but I get the impression it does happen. The McCarthy trials hinged on this concept, and I don't think we've fully learned from that.

    • @Misclickable
      @Misclickable 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wasn't Aaron Swartz also placed in a similar situation like this one?

    • @danielhale1
      @danielhale1 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Misclickable I don't know. I just now tried looking for info on that on the wikipedia page but didn't notice anything. Let me know if you find anything, that could be an interesting read.

    • @Misclickable
      @Misclickable 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Daniel Hale I believe I heard it being mentioned in a video on TH-cam. I believe it was criticizing the prosecution of Aaron Swartz.

    • @danielhale1
      @danielhale1 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hmm... that would be hard to track down. That's too bad -- let me know if you find an article on it or something. Thanks!

    • @francoisamsallem
      @francoisamsallem 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's a different layer of the narrative used to back the mathematical model, that is not present here, this omission occurred by choice I suppose, in order to keep it simple, but your remark is still valid.

  • @davidbeljaars8806
    @davidbeljaars8806 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    i needed this for the confirmation of me getting this certain part of economics and even though im dutch your explanation was spot on... thank you!:D

  • @ayazmunir3302
    @ayazmunir3302 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is real life thing especially in territory management aspects of sales , where in order to stop wastage of resources over hiring and marketing, companies with almost identical offerings simply demarcate territories to save resources and gain money in their respective areas

  • @barakbaby5092
    @barakbaby5092 7 ปีที่แล้ว +468

    The real answer is to become John cena break through the wall and rescue ur friend and run away

    • @vsipereira1883
      @vsipereira1883 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Supreme Wolf MT IKR that is insane

    • @rizzolaroux
      @rizzolaroux 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah, like why was that not one of the options? What is wrong with this thing becuase that’s the most likely answer...

    • @danthemusicmannew
      @danthemusicmannew 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Finally someone wih a brain..

    • @davidmenk300
      @davidmenk300 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      John Cena Hands

    • @jeffreylu7052
      @jeffreylu7052 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That is correct

  • @JustTheHighlights
    @JustTheHighlights 9 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    The cigarette adverts themselves are hilarious! Can't think they're too far from the truth as back in the day smoking was seen as healthy.

    • @ThisPlaceChannel
      @ThisPlaceChannel  9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Future Proof ha... yeah. That red ad was from a soda ad that had basically the same text, "use soda for early formative benefits" or something like that. The other was a ketchup bottle "that even women could open" and she was so happy because they finally made a bottle for the weaker sex.

    • @JustTheHighlights
      @JustTheHighlights 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      This Place
      lol

    • @venkatchait007
      @venkatchait007 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Future Proof known fact that smoking industry profits went up when smoking was banned for this exact reason.

    • @sysghost
      @sysghost 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Future Proof I remember the good ol' days when smoking wasn't dangerous.... Good ol' times indeed... ;)

    • @joellieu259
      @joellieu259 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yijuwarp so did the gov

  • @vodkaandrightclicks
    @vodkaandrightclicks 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    me: aw shit my favorite tv show drama thats sponsored by red strikes and smooth blue is about to start
    0:03 previously on THE NO NECKS

  • @levischuurmans9400
    @levischuurmans9400 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I knew what I meant due to Zero escape, but your video really helped my explaining it to others.
    My thanks, dear friend past the wild, blue waves.

  • @erictaylor5462
    @erictaylor5462 8 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    Okay here is another one. You and a stranger are walking down a sidewalk. You are walking behind the stranger when you see him drop a $100 bill. You can pick it up and keep it or you can pick it up and return it to him. The stranger will never know you picked up his money, it will just be gone the next time he looks for it.
    What would you do. Will you be honest and give it back to him, or will you keep it for yourself.
    You know nothing about the stranger or why he is careless with money. The money might be all he has to feed himself for a month, or he might have just stolen it from his grandmother.
    Would your choice be influenced by the amount of money? Would you choose differently if it was a $5 bill instead?

    • @dianalucas7891
      @dianalucas7891 8 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      I would prob give it back anyway. :(

    • @erictaylor5462
      @erictaylor5462 8 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Diana Lucas
      I HAVE given it back, more than once. It annoys me a little when they are surprised by my honesty.
      Most people like to think they are "normal" meaning most other people are like they are. I think if they are surprised it means they would not have done the same.
      I even saw a really drunk guy once, trying to buy a BART ticket. He had several $100 bills but the machine doesn't except that denomination.
      I told him to put his money away before he got mugged, then pulled out my wallet to buy the idiot a ticket. My intention was to get him home, maybe call his wife or a friend to drive him, but he leaned over and said, "I'm not drunk, I'm a cop. Thanks, but please go away."
      I realized it was a sting and I'd just fucked it up...

    • @dianalucas7891
      @dianalucas7891 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      HA! LOL!! Soz, but still. Lol. Lucky you. I wonder what the main goal was....but whatev. It's prob private.
      If I didn't know whose money it was, I would donate it either to a homeless person or a charity (a dollar goes a long way). Or I'd use it to buy more wool or something so I could use it to make a blanket/quilt for a homeless person, or a beanie for a baby orphan.

    • @erictaylor5462
      @erictaylor5462 8 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Diana Lucas
      Well clearly in this example you DO know who the money belongs to. You saw the person drop it.
      If you don't know who the money belongs to, and you can't find out, then it's yours to keep as far as I'm concerned.

    • @dianalucas7891
      @dianalucas7891 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly. :)

  • @Bodge18
    @Bodge18 7 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    So it's kind of like the boat thing from The Dark Knight?

    • @maximusrex8689
      @maximusrex8689 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A libertarian yeah... kinda

    • @danthemusicmannew
      @danthemusicmannew 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah but Joker won't arrest them both if neither choose to betray the other.

    • @alexceous
      @alexceous 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Somewhat.

    • @acoupleofschoes
      @acoupleofschoes 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, but that was a much more psychological dilemma. Do you want to be alive, a murderer, or dead? Obviously the logical answer is alive, but can you live with yourself if you're a murderer? Then there's the fact that it was the Joker. There was no certainty that any of it was true. The decision was actually up to him, not the "prisoners," until Batman intervened.

    • @clintonleonard5187
      @clintonleonard5187 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      A similar type of situation, yes.

  • @Jan-gp9xb
    @Jan-gp9xb 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I discovered this channel Yesterday, loved it, subscribed and just now found out that he hastnt uploaded in a year...
    Fml

  • @PurlaneMauve
    @PurlaneMauve 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Reddit is about to make the biggest Prisoner's Dillema experiment ever.

    • @joelabraham2538
      @joelabraham2538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I know it's been 2+ years...but mind explaining? 🥺

    • @b.a.r.c.l.a.y9701
      @b.a.r.c.l.a.y9701 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joelabraham2538 same

  • @undermygarage
    @undermygarage 8 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    the end really spooked me

  • @Shenzie404
    @Shenzie404 7 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Considering the punishment for BOTH of you talking is 2 years, as opposed to 1 year if both of you stayed silent, it makes the most sense to talk. The 1 year option is there only to trick you as there are better odds if you talk. Your partner might not talk and you get out right away, or you both talk and get out in 2 years. If you chose to stay silent you're running the risk of 3 years in prison thus putting yourself on high risk. If each amount of years was a different tier it would look as follows:
    Tier 1 - 0 years
    Tier 2 - 1 year
    Tier 3 - 2 years
    Tier 4 - 3 years
    By choosing to talk, you combine tiers 1 and 3 to create a net year length of 2.
    If you were to stay silent, you're combining tiers 2 and 4, to create a net year length of 4
    Statistically it makes much more sense to talk because it has the lowest possible net amount of years, AND you have a chance to get out in 0 years, as opposed to doubling your net years and playing the odds by running the chance to get out in 3.

    • @thewoodencat5847
      @thewoodencat5847 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      well I guess it depends on how much you care about the other person.

    • @sawney.21
      @sawney.21 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The first time I heard of this dilema, the situation is with your best friend

    • @QuadLamb
      @QuadLamb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      This comment is 2 iq. You've restated something already mentioned in the video.

    • @skilled1015
      @skilled1015 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      For me the most important factor is whether I actually committed those worse crimes. If I did, I definitely wouldn't blame my partner. I wouldnt be able to live with myself like that. But I also wouldnt be able to confess so I'd rather just stay silent. Even if my partner betrayed me, I would be serving what I deserved anyways and he would've just done what I was too scared to do. If I didnt commit the crime however, I'd also stay silent because accusing someone of a crime he didnt do isnt any better. I feel like people just think of this in terms of numbers but this is also a test of morality. How would you be able to live with yourself if you accuse someone of a crime falsely? And ruin their lives like that?
      But nvm me, I dont think I'd be able to defect in another situation either. Im too nice. The rewards in a prisoner's dilemma situation just dont trump having to lose the other's trust and have them hate me.

    • @danieldavid3766
      @danieldavid3766 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The real dilemma in this is that since both of you talking ends in both of you serving two years, it would be better even for the individual to stay silent. What is being demonstrated by the dilemma is that people can end up worse off by picking the options that would make them better off.

  • @user-hr8rc1of3x
    @user-hr8rc1of3x 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I watched primer's video on aggression and they briefly talked about this.

  • @videosextra9434
    @videosextra9434 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nice succinct and clear explanation of this concept..Loved it .!👍

  • @uncomfortablepenguin6579
    @uncomfortablepenguin6579 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Well Zero Escape brought me here, and now I have a deeper understanding.

  • @Pat121V
    @Pat121V 9 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I know the cigarette example is supposed to be kept simple but it should be pointed out that the scenario where both companies decide to advertise is flawed. It assumes that both companies will perform equally well at the task. When you decide to compete instead of cooperate you are basing your decision on the hope that your superior skills will allow you to be superior to the competition and that you will reap more reward than if you cooperate.
    To me it seems that because we all have different strengths, competition will usually produce the best results where as cooperation will often lead to cartel like situations with stagnation and a worse outcome for the majority.

    • @ThisPlaceChannel
      @ThisPlaceChannel  9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pat121V I just did the advertising example because I think cigarette ads are very very funny

    • @ThisPlaceChannel
      @ThisPlaceChannel  9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pat121V is comedy gold

    • @Pat121V
      @Pat121V 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This Place I've just been watching a few more of your videos. They are awesome. I love this style of explanations. Tragedy of the commons is my favourite so far. Tobacco advertising is banned where i'm from and they are even introducing plain packaging rules.

    • @americanIDOLfan11111
      @americanIDOLfan11111 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Pat121V There is no flaw... he gave the examples and said what each company would make from advertising.. do you know the difference between ''hypothetical'' and ''real life situations''? Your IQ must be 70.

    • @Pat121V
      @Pat121V 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ana Costellano Woah testy. Chill and i'll explain why you're wrong .
      The hypothetical situation is being used to illustrate benefits of real world actions ie cooperation versus competition. It ignores the possibility of one company outperforming the other through competition thereby maximizing its own reward. I believe this is explaining something called game theory. It comes to the conclusion that it is in both companies interest to cooperate. The analysis is correct for the scenario parameters. However, as it makes no mention of the competitors ability, the scenario is flawed in it's relevance to real world actions.

  • @gusfalls8613
    @gusfalls8613 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "here is a real world situation" proceeds to basically say that advertising doesn't work. Loved the video keep it up

  • @TarsonTalon
    @TarsonTalon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What you do is stay honest, so you can find/preserve honest people. That's more important than whatever advantage/escape you could get. Because if the world runs out of honest people, it's over.

  • @kimgirl7777
    @kimgirl7777 8 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Now I need to go play Zero Escape again.....

    • @LizzyLaneful
      @LizzyLaneful 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I was starting to think no one else would have came here

    • @lifeaskeith9081
      @lifeaskeith9081 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I literally bought that game today. ahahah

    • @mature111ster
      @mature111ster 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Third game is coming out this year. The best time to replay!

    • @kimgirl7777
      @kimgirl7777 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Super excited!!

    • @gerryj313
      @gerryj313 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Omg I found my fandom. Aren't you guys excited about the third game coming out soon?

  • @rollingcrown
    @rollingcrown 8 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    This reminds me of women and makeup. I consider beauty to be relative. Makeup just ups the beauty standards. Nothing is gained when all women use makeup, which most of them do. They just waste their time, but they do it to be prettier than those OTHER women. The few who refuse to waste their time with such things are "betrayed" and look worse in comparison to the others.
    (And don't get me started with the "natural" look and "no makeup". Yes, men would PREFER it if a woman looked that way without makeup. But it's been proven that makeup can fool men into thinking a woman is more beautiful than she is, especially when he can't notice she's wearing it.)

    • @lorrainesharpe6488
      @lorrainesharpe6488 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      WTF you're bringing up an unrelated subject. And women who choose to not wear makeup don't feel betrayed in any way lol

    • @picis735248798
      @picis735248798 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If you want men to sleep with you then yes wear makeup, if you want relationship, appearance doesn't really matter.

    • @brcha
      @brcha 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Schnappi fckingcrocodile Unless you are very ugly, I don't really think you need make-up to sleep with men.

    • @saultheLC
      @saultheLC 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Lady Lamb PERFECT, I needed an example of Prisoner's dilemma and I re watched the video for ideas. All I did was scroll down a bit and now you just helped me with my homework! Since I'm a guy, it would be weird if I said women so I'm going to change it to "People who use makeup/People who don't use makeup" for my diagram.

  • @harendrasingh_22
    @harendrasingh_22 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    3:03 switch to advertising bussiness 😂.

  • @byronsenior6499
    @byronsenior6499 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Reminds me of the ending to that Futurama episode where Bender and Fry both accidentally kill a guy. Then it says on the news that if one of the culprits turns the other in they'll get to walk free with a reward.

  • @SirSomeguy
    @SirSomeguy 8 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    You guys need to play Virtue's Last Reward. That game has this dilemma ALL over it!

    • @mxshtyx
      @mxshtyx 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was just about to put that virtue's last reward is awesome

    • @suphoelds3713
      @suphoelds3713 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Ally or betray. Also fuck Dio

    • @emmagyoung2940
      @emmagyoung2940 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      sup Hoelds SCREW YOU DIO!!!

    • @StarryxNight5
      @StarryxNight5 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dio da?

  • @hieuhuehue
    @hieuhuehue 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    5:31 *YOU DID NOT HAVE TO PUT BLOOD! I'M WATCHING THIS AT NIGHTTIME!*
    -R.i.p me-

    • @thespeedyyoshi
      @thespeedyyoshi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hieu Le same lol. Was not expecting that.

  • @twinblue8356
    @twinblue8356 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    There's a game called "The Evolution of Trust" and it's very similar to this

    • @cymberciara
      @cymberciara 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      But it's not the same because rationally if you both defect, in that game, you bother get nothing. There is no gain

  • @Tramadoon
    @Tramadoon 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    oh I really laughed at the very end...! Great vid buddy!

  • @graydation
    @graydation 7 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    This is why you never talk to the police... You wait for a lawyer and neither go to prison.

    • @iliketoast724
      @iliketoast724 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes

    • @derp3044
      @derp3044 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Mike G I ain't robbing a bank by myself wtf

  • @elgransick
    @elgransick 9 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Red shouldn't worry too much, the criminal justice system is much more lenient on females. They'll probably pin the whole thing on blue anyway.

    • @BAl-nj9uf
      @BAl-nj9uf 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Your comment made me lol for some reason :')

  • @WrongAlJokawitz
    @WrongAlJokawitz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the explanation. This was really helpful.

  • @gregoryashton
    @gregoryashton 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The best real world case of this game theory for me is in the old British gameshow with Jasper Carrott called Golden Balls. When the one guy tricks his opponent by saying he’s going to steal their money and then he doesn’t and they both get the best possible outcome with shared winnings. Look it up

  • @mattrex8
    @mattrex8 9 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    Snitches get stitches

    • @femalescout1927
      @femalescout1927 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Snitches lose riches
      Snitches are bitches
      Snitches get snitches get stitches get snitches stitches

    • @acemcbeanpiff
      @acemcbeanpiff 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Dhruvik Nanavati But if snitches get stiches, and bitches dig stiches, then snitches DO get bitches

    • @incrediblemrj1616
      @incrediblemrj1616 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Snitches end in ditches

    • @mattsta1640
      @mattsta1640 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Female Scout Snitch...a word made up by people that have wronged others and are now afraid of the punishment that awaits them...it's not snitches that are bitches, it's the ones that did the crime in the first place...get it right!!!

  • @frederickh6844
    @frederickh6844 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I really hope your channel gets big. you do an amazing job!

  • @Kai-pc9nx
    @Kai-pc9nx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is a great video. If anyone's interested in subjects similar to this I recommend playing the online game called "The Evolution of Trust."

  • @BrandonLewis1
    @BrandonLewis1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Got halfway through the video and decided that this wasn’t the best choice for 5 in the morning. I need to watch memes that make me blink manually instead 😅.

  • @Zoroark98
    @Zoroark98 8 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I have played enough Zero Escape to know where this is going.

    • @CalebmanX
      @CalebmanX 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was literally looking through the comments to see if anyone here has played Zero Escape XD

    • @Zoroark98
      @Zoroark98 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +calebjedimaster Lmao. Ready for Zero Time Dilemma?

    • @CalebmanX
      @CalebmanX 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh yeah, it's going to be awesome! Only a couple more days.

    • @suphoelds3713
      @suphoelds3713 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fuck yes

    • @playinetgames
      @playinetgames 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dio is the perfect example of a rational agent and I hate it. Well, unless he's playing Luna, that is.

  • @sfgkate
    @sfgkate 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I was watching funny cat videos...now its 1:30 AM and im here. What happened?!

  • @Artosk
    @Artosk 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    2 of my lecturers explained this but didnt mention prisioner's once, got really confused when the handbook said i needed to know the prisioner's dilemma

  • @BronzeSpaceComet
    @BronzeSpaceComet 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember seeing this video five years ago and not getting the point of it, and only now am I getting how brilliant this is.

  • @HeartFeathers
    @HeartFeathers 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Did anyone else hear this theory for the first time in Zero Escape?

  • @EMETRL
    @EMETRL 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    "these are creepier than they were in my head" XD

  • @Malbutorius
    @Malbutorius ปีที่แล้ว

    This model also does ignore third options, or potential consaquences. Such as the person you ratted out coming after you when they get out of prison, or if you both betray the other the potential of them attacking eachother in prison.

  • @emperorleachicus2199
    @emperorleachicus2199 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is exactly what happens in the split or steal section at the end of the game show Golden Balls, with the exception that the two contestants are face to face and have to convince each other what to do.
    If both pick split, each gets half of the prize money. If one splits and one steals, the one that steals gets all of the money. If both steal, nobody gets the money. The best option is to split, but people are greedy.