Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Marriage & Affair: Prisoner's Dilemma

Now you see, the Indian society is very conservative. Relationships (the lovey-dovey/just friends kinds) are always a contentious issue. But I think if one were to analyze the situation from the point of view of game theory, it makes sense to have an affair. Here's how:
As can be seen from above, the best payoff for either party is in case of them having an affair irrespective of what the other party does. So, why the counter-logical advise by the society?

3 comments:

Pranav said...

Where is the box, and the corresponding negative payoff for - you have an affair, get caught and your partner divorces you for half your money?

btw, congratulations!! :)

Chintan Agarwal said...

Abe pre-nup toh kara hoga agar samajhdaar hoga toh :P. btw, thanks.

Pranav said...

affairs ke baare me abhi se sochna chalu kar diya? shabash!

im coming to singapore next week...milte hain?