On monday, the class decided to play the game called "The Prisoner's Dilemma Game", mentioned in chapter 12 of The Selfish Gene. It consists on two players owning two cards, each card is either cooperate defect. The point is to see how humans react in games that consist on both winning (staying loyal) l, both loosing (having the fight) or being cheated on. If a pair decides on choosing cooperate, both will win the exact point, a win-win situation. Yet, temptation can get to one of players and lead them to choose defect while his partner chooses the cooperate. This means the one who went with D will win the round. This is a cheating situation. Obviously, the loyal situation is when both choose cooperate and win the same amount of points and lastly, the competition where both end up loosing.
It's amazing how we are so vulnerable to succeeding, we are searching for beating everyone up. Our race is always looking for being better, yet forgetting about the values and morals. It's simply a game, but it can be seen in a bigger picture, in the real life. With business, jobs and even relationships.
I think I really needed an example that could be used to relate into a real life situation, with my peers or friends. Biology is the way to explain why we are who we are and why we do what we do.
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