http://xkcd.com/182/
Sometimes though, isn’t it more like a game of chicken?
Both parties drive along, pride and ego intact, and wait for the other to give in first! Incomplete information, signal errors and cheap talk further complicate the game; but if neither “swerves” the result is sub-optimal. Iterated chicken (not at all uncommon) further brings psychology into play.
Human beings: such funny creatures.
