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Talk about the theoretical background and basis of the prisoner's dilemma.
What is the Prisoner's Dilemma?
The Prisoner's Dilemma is a well-known game theory that refers to a special kind of game between two captured prisoners, so what is the specific game?
There is a story about the police who caught two suspects, A and B, but there was not enough evidence to accuse them of committing crimes.
So the police detained the suspects separately and then interrogated the two individuals separately, giving them the option to do so:
1. If a person confesses guilt and testifies to prosecute the other party, and the other party remains silent, the confessor will be released immediately and the silent person will be sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment.
2. If both remain silent, they are also sentenced to 1 year's imprisonment.
(3) If both report each other, both are equally sentenced to 8 years' imprisonment.
If we look at these two people from God's point of view, as long as the two remain silent, then the whole can be most beneficial to both of them.
But there is a test of humanity here, because there is a temptation in it, that is, there is a person who may be acquitted, and it is this advantage that will allow the two prisoners to choose the option that is most beneficial to themselves, and this choice is to report each other, and eventually the two of them will receive 8 years in prison.
This is the prisoner's dilemma.
In 1950, Merrill Flet and Melvin Drehir, who worked at the RAND Corporation, developed a theory of this dilemma, which was later elaborated by Albert Tucker in the form of a prisoner and named "The Prisoner's Dilemma".
This prisoner's dilemma is regarded as a classic of game theory, illustrating the possibility that it is difficult for both parties to cooperate, even when it is beneficial to both sides, and it is the most representative example of non-zero-sum games in game theory, reflecting that the best choice of the individual is not the best choice of the group.
This theory looks classic, ostensibly packaged as game theory, but in fact it is a test of human nature.
But one thing not to forget, this theory arose from the values of the capitalist world, not the values of the communist world.
The values of the capitalist world emphasize egoism, so this game theory is applicable to people with capitalist values, but not necessarily to people with communist values.
People with communist values do not betray others, do not betray their beliefs, which proved long ago in the revolutionary years that this theory does not apply to people like them.
The two people in this theory are criminal suspects, which in itself limits the scope of application of this theory, and only those who have the ideas of criminal suspects will be affected by this theory.
The prisoner's dilemma applies to Western society, after all, the West emphasizes individualism and regards individual interests above all else, so it ignores collectivism and has no spirit of sacrifice, because the capitalist world pursues profit maximization, and most of the social order and thinking are basically set to maintain this core.
But Chinese traditional culture is not the West, we pay more attention to collectivism, after all, we are a continental country dominated by farming culture, we need everyone to unite together, in order to resist the invasion of strong enemies, or resist natural disasters, relying on individuals is impossible to achieve, this kind of country formed by the joint efforts of the whole people, itself is the product of collectivism, so in our traditional culture, we do not deliberately emphasize individualism.
Human nature itself has its own evil places, but when this evil is under the state of the whole society's restrictions on it, it is difficult for it to come out as a party to the evil.
The West emphasizes individualism everywhere and emphasizes not to suppress human nature, so that the evil in human nature may be rampant.
Isn't there a good place for human nature in the West? Of course! In every country and nation, there are people who shine with the brilliance of humanity.
However, many theories in the West cannot be fully trusted, and to understand their theories, we must first understand the basis and background of the birth of this theory, otherwise we will fall into its trap.
In addition, Western philosophical ideas about society will also greatly affect our people today, and this kind of thinking is often packaged as a fashionable theory, which should be especially vigilant.
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