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prisoner's dilemma
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noun
(in game theory) a scenario in which the outcome of one person's decision is determined by the simultaneous decisions of the other participants, resulting in a bad outcome for all of them if all act in their own self-interest.
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Origin of prisoner's dilemma
From a dilemma in which partners in crime must decide whether to confess, without knowing each other's decision
Words nearby prisoner's dilemma
prison, prison camp, prisoner, prisoner of war, prisoner's base, prisoner's dilemma, prison fever, prison pallor, prison psychosis, prison rustic work, priss
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