He did model the beneficial outcomes of altruism: the other blob survives and passes on its genes.
He did not model the prisoners dilemma at all, as none of the blobs ever make a decision. Cowards and Impostors always flee, and Suckers always sacrifice, and True Beards always sacrifice for Green Beards.
The prisoners dilemma is that the local optimum, if you cannot coordinate with other prisoners, is choosing what is guaranteed best for yourself.
That is literally how he designed the impostors and cowards. They are always choosing what is best for themselves. So yes, what he created was the model of the prisoners dilemma.
If he coded altruistic to have grouping patterns instead of remaining solitary creatures, he would have approached some of the essence of actual social benefit.
this event causes death, the altruistic behavior has a 50% chance to sacrifice yourself
they all died
is he retarded or am i retarded?
why doesn't he model the beneficial outcomes of altruism, such as synergistic productivity, or combined defense against the dangers of the world
its like he modeled the prisoners dilemma, where every decision occurs at the local minima
He did model the beneficial outcomes of altruism: the other blob survives and passes on its genes.
He did not model the prisoners dilemma at all, as none of the blobs ever make a decision. Cowards and Impostors always flee, and Suckers always sacrifice, and True Beards always sacrifice for Green Beards.
The prisoners dilemma is that the local optimum, if you cannot coordinate with other prisoners, is choosing what is guaranteed best for yourself.
That is literally how he designed the impostors and cowards. They are always choosing what is best for themselves. So yes, what he created was the model of the prisoners dilemma.
If he coded altruistic to have grouping patterns instead of remaining solitary creatures, he would have approached some of the essence of actual social benefit.