Thursday 28 May 2015

Prisoner's dilemma

Two accomplishes in same crime
police questions each one
one doesn't meet the other
but what does each one say

Punishment stares in the face
eight years to each if both confess
one year to each when they keep mum
a bait is then offered to tempt them

Confess first and spill the beans
whoever admits goes scot free
provided the other doesn't admit
and he faces ten years for being guilty

Friends they are thick in crime
but are likely to cheat each other
each tries to save his skin
both admit and get eight years each!


( By way of a tribute to Noble Laureate John Nash)


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