GAME THEORY

[flyingfaeries]

Q1.
3 people are in a prison together. All wear either a red or a blue hat, but they do not know the color of their hat (in fact all wear red hats). No communication allowed.

The guard tells them that he will ring a bell every hour and if somebody knows that he is wearing a red hat, he or she can leave. (ETA: the guard also tells them that anyone

Comments

[anonymous]

It does not make a difference and all should leave on the first hour as there are no explicit punitive measures mentioned against blue hats who leave. =)

[flyingfaeries]

smart ass! :)

[madhairday]

THATS WHAT I SAID hahahahaha

[flyingfaeries]

hahaha i added another sentence for all you smartalecs.

[anonymous]

With the addendum, no one will leave. And it is not quite game theory in that it is not a zero-sum game for the players involved. The risk / reward is individual and does nothing to diminish the risk / reward ratio for the other players in the game.

YSA

[flyingfaeries]

It depends on whether everyone can see everyone else!

[anonymous]

ermm...acutally, I don't believe that really makes a difference to the end result.