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1996-07-26 - Re: Twenty Bank Robbers – Game theory:)

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From: Gary Howland <gary@systemics.com>
To: David Sternlight <david@sternlight.com>
Message Hash: 17187aeb0c6b2ed8d1486ad76f74f48b229b01778f55e23776df3fb5eab2c25e
Message ID: <31F89692.167EB0E7@systemics.com>
Reply To: <v03007805ae1e24c262c7@[192.187.162.15]>
UTC Datetime: 1996-07-26 12:03:32 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 20:03:32 +0800

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From: Gary Howland <gary@systemics.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 20:03:32 +0800
To: David Sternlight <david@sternlight.com>
Subject: Re: Twenty Bank Robbers -- Game theory:)
In-Reply-To: <v03007805ae1e24c262c7@[192.187.162.15]>
Message-ID: <31F89692.167EB0E7@systemics.com>
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David Sternlight wrote:
> 
> >>Twenty cypherpunks robbed a bank. They took 20 million bucks. Here's
> >>how they plan to split the money: they stay in line, and the first guy
> >>suggests how to split the money. Then they vote on his suggestion.
                                          ^^^^         ^^^
> No. Robber 18 knows that he will be killed under those circumstances, so he
> proposes that Robber 20 gets all the money. 20 votes with him. 

I think many are assuming that the cypherpunk making the suggestion
gets a vote.  My reading of the puzzle is that he does not.

Gary
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