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{{comic | number = 1899 | date = June 5, 2010 | title = 2010-06-05 | image = 20100605.gif | votey = 20100605after.gif | titletext = 2010-06-05 }} ==Explanation== {{incomplete}} ==Transcript== {{Computertranscript}} :[Describe panel here] :"the prisoner's dilemma"is a concept from the field of game theory. :Imagine two perfectly rational prisoners who don't know what the other is doing. :Each can rat out the other or remain silent, resulting in 4 possible outcomes: :Rat out :Remain silent :Rat out :Both get \ year. :goes free gets 5 years. :goes free gets 5 years. :Remain silent :Both get six months. :If you squeal, you get either 1 or 0 years. If you keep mum, it's 5 or 0.5 years. :So, even though is the best choice, the "perfectly rational people pick :A!! :The dilemma can be applied to morality. :Do unto others as you :Like :Would have them do unto you :Bad for all :Great for horrible for :Like :A :B :Great for :Good for all :Would have them do unto you :Horrible for :The great ethicists of history share essentially one goal: Get strangers to always pick :Some did better than others. :The greatest felicity for all is here! Eh? Come on! Maximize your felicity in square d ! Wooh! :Bentham :A :Is made of fire! :Christ ==Votey Transcript== {{Computertranscript}} :[Describe panel here] :Actually happened: 9:00 pm :Testicles joke or math joke? Damn, this is hard. {{comic discussion}} [[Category:Comics with graphs]] [[Category: Comics featuring Jesus]] [[Category: Voteys featuring Zach Weinersmith]]
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