The political scientist Robert Axelrod once held a computer tournament designed to determine the most successful prisoner's dilemma strategy (the strategy that would win most often for the longest period of time). That strategy was dubbed ____.
A) always-play-nice
B) tit-for-tat
C) low-ball
D) survival-of-the-stealthiest

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Robert Axelrod's computer tournament determined that the most successful prisoner's dilemma strategy was tit-for-tat, in which a player begins by being cooperative and then subsequently follows their opponent's previous move.

The Political Scientist Robert Axelrod Once Held a Computer Tournament