The Prisoners' Dilemma theory was developed about a common area in a town in England, perhaps Oxford, where local people had the right to graze their cattle. The people grazed too many cattle on the common and destroyed the land for everyone in the community. One smart academic studied the people in the area (not the cattle) and found that the people shared similar attitudes.

The general attitude went something like this. If my neighbours don't put too many cows on the common, I will get away with a few extra cows and squeese out a bit more milk. If my neighbours graze too many cows, I will lose if I don't also graze extra cows. So everyone put too many cattle on the land and destroyed it. (Isn't human intelligence wise and wonderful?) They were prisoners of their dilemma which became known as the Prisoners' Dilemma.

Bullshit is almost appropriate in my message above as it is for most of my writing. Cowshit would be more precise. If everyone brought a young bull to the commons, the bulls would probablly spend a lot of time banging their heads together, as young males are inclined to do.

I will try to increase the excremental variety in my vocabulary. Thanks for the bovine bowel movement tips boys.