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Reciprocity is so fundamental to nature that people can’t stop doing it: Most of the studies about “people are irrational” are times psychologists fail to real
by zmgsabst 4y ago
Reciprocity is so fundamental to nature that people can’t stop doing it:
Most of the studies about “people are irrational” are times psychologists fail to realize that people are acting on an iterated (rather than single round) game — and enforcing reciprocity through their “irrational” acts.
We know at an instinctive level that reciprocity is necessary in game theory — eg, Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma.
- mnw21cam 4y agoThere are situations where it is entirely rational and advantageous to make people think you are irrational.
- aesch 4y agoReciprocity is necessary but one of the best strategies for iterated prisoner's dilemma is tit-for-tat or "equivalent retaliation". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tit_for_tat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tit_for_tat You always start out by cooperating but if someone defects on you, you defect on them.