In this podcast from NPR's Planet Money (episode 417), the topic is cheating in pro cycling....
In this podcast from NPR's Planet Money (episode 417), the topic is cheating in pro cycling. Why would anyone, knowing the health risks, willingly take performance- enhancing drugs, especially if he had successfully battled cancer? The epic fall of cyclist Lance Armstrong is a case study in the prisoner's dilemma and the old question your mother probably asked you: If everyone else takes drugs, would you? In cycling the answer is, "Yes!" Come up with a prisoner's dilemma matrix for this scenario to find what the dominant strategy is. What is the dominant strategy? Some other question ideas you can discuss are: Why do athletes cheat? What has to be done to stop cheating in pro sports? Why is this so hard to do? What other examples of a prisoner's dilemma can you think of?