Word: confessions
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...Miranda (Sergio Rafael ’05), a good samaritan who helped Gerardo when his car broke down, Paulina recognizes the doctor as her former tormentor. Soon, Miranda is tied in a chair and pleading to be released as Paulina brandishes a gun and attempts to force Miranda to confess...
...both confess, they each face a sentence of 15 years. If, on the other hand, neither talks, both will be freed in just a few months...
...traditional version of the prisoner’s dilemma, two accused prisoners are offered a chance to confess...
Self-interest dictates that each should confess. But if both act on their self-interest, the prisoners’ fate is worse than if they had acted with each other’s interest in mind...
According to Anderson, if the prisoners rationally identify with each other “as a plural subject,” both will know not to confess...