Split of steal Reflection

    In class, we viewed a video about a reality TV show called Golden Balls. The objective of the game is two people will play against each other and they have to make a decision on which ball they will choose. Their options are to either split or steal. If one person chooses steal, you win all the money and the other person gets nothing. If split was chosen by the two opponents, they split the money among themselves. We also talked about Prisoner's Dilemma. In this scenario, you and another person are brought to headquarters and questioned, but are offered a deal. Basically, if you "rat out" your accomplice and he admits to it, he serves 25 years and you're free. If you both rat out, both of you have to serve 25 years. But if both confess then both people get 5 years. If I were in this scenario, I would do whatever I could to either not serve 25 years of prison time or go free. But to not risk serving 25 years, I would rat the other person out and hope they would crack under pressure and confess to the crime. If I was playing Golden Balls, then I would equally split the money between me and my opponent so we'd both be happy.