The Prisoner's Dilemma
- L'épisode a été diffusé 25 avr. 2017
- TV-PG
- 45m
Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueMichael must make a difficult choice when he feels he has run out of options.Michael must make a difficult choice when he feels he has run out of options.Michael must make a difficult choice when he feels he has run out of options.
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- AnecdotesThe prisoner's dilemma is a standard example of a game analyzed in game theory that shows why two completely "rational" individuals might not cooperate, even if it appears that it is in their best interests to do so. It was originally framed by Merrill Flood and Melvin Dresher working at RAND in 1950. Albert W. Tucker formalized the game with prison sentence rewards and named it, "prisoner's dilemma" (Poundstone, 1992), presenting it as follows:
Two members of a criminal gang are arrested and imprisoned. Each prisoner is in solitary confinement with no means of communicating with the other. The prosecutors lack sufficient evidence to convict the pair on the principal charge. They hope to get both sentenced to a year in prison on a lesser charge. Simultaneously, the prosecutors offer each prisoner a bargain. Each prisoner is given the opportunity either to: betray the other by testifying that the other committed the crime, or to cooperate with the other by remaining silent. The offer is: If A and B each betray the other, each of them serves 2 years in prison. If A betrays B but B remains silent, A will be set free and B will serve 3 years in prison (and vice versa). If A and B both remain silent, both of them will only serve 1 year in prison (on the lesser charge).
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Whip: Who the hell is this guy?
Michael Scofield: He's my brother.
[tearing up and hugging Lincoln]
Michael Scofield: He's my brother.
Lincoln Burrows: I can't believe this. I just can't believe this. I can't believe this. Back at the prison. Why?
[they break apart]
Lincoln Burrows: Why did you say...
Michael Scofield: I had to deny you. You were... you were filming me. They can't know.
Lincoln Burrows: Who can't know?
Michael Scofield: They can't know I'm getting out.
Lincoln Burrows: Who?
Michael Scofield: I'll explain everything later, just... Sara and... and Mike?
Lincoln Burrows: They're good. They're fine.
Because we're already out of the prison, the show has lost it's most interesting concept pretty fast without using it to their advantage for an engaging story. Overall a decent thrilling episode and the best of the new batch so far.
- lorddnarbsy
- 21 juin 2017