What real situation is the Prisoner's dilemma meant to represent?

>>2790191
It means you have to confess because you can't trust prisoner A, he's a fat fuck

>>2790191
This one is kind of werid. If both remaining silent still results in prison sentences. Isn't one remaining silent and the other telling the truth more optimal than both remaining silent (at least for one person)?

>>2790191
I'd think something like arms races, if one side gets them and the other doesn't its a steam roll. If both sides get arms than its going to cost a lot of money to still be evenly matched. If no side participates you save a ton of resources and the war will be less devastating and lengthy but you are still evenly matched.

>>2790191
Think about how governments and corporations would rather avoid environmental meltdown (bad for everyone) but also want big money (good for themselves). Because they don't all need to go green to make stuff better and they'll make more money if they are not the first guys to make the shift at the early stages of green technology, they end up doing stuff that harms everyone some rather than stuff that harms only them a lot.

This is a dumbed down version, but I am sleepy.

G'nite.

Basically, it debunks the idea of self interest.

>>2790228

Yes, I've seen this used as an argument for militarism, especially in regards to nuclear weapons.