> Suggesting that academics are simply trying to 'game' the system is ludicrous. I am trying to suggest that academics are deliberately trying to game the syste

> Suggesting that academics are simply trying to 'game' the system is ludicrous. I am trying to suggest that academics are deliberately trying to game the system. Only observing that if it were a simulation a rational agent would follow that specific strategy. Luckily, most people are not perfect rational agents and so science progresses faster. Sorry my comment came across that way. > It talks about how a psychologist would have dealt with the experiment described. http://www.guardian.co.uk/discussion/comment-permalink/12344.. http://www.guardian.co.uk/discussion/comment-permalink/12344.... I spent studying cog. sci in a psychology department for two years. I know it's true, but to be fair, the amount of work involved in the experiments is huge too.