From: Timothy Bates (tbates@bunyip.bhs.mq.edu.au)
Date: Fri Dec 04 1998 - 00:27:44 MST
Hi all,
>So were right back to an "eye for an eye" which is the classic motto of
>those seeking revenge.
While not volunteering to "rape the rapists", the technical name for this
strategy in prisoner's dilemma research is "tit-for-tat".
TFT reigned supreme in simulations until the (current) champion mutated
into existence: tit-for-tat + "never give a sucker an even break"
This guy will (mostly) not cheat you first. If you cheat him, he will
cheat back (eye for an eye). However, he will make occasional probes and,
if he detects that you are a pacifist, will rob you blind.
Sounds pretty much like reality to me.
love
tim
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Thomas Sowell.
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