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Wouldn't you expect their testimony to pop up after the incentive program independently of it's accuracy or truthfulness?
by admax88qqq 3y ago
Wouldn't you expect their testimony to pop up after the incentive program independently of it's accuracy or truthfulness?
- TechBro8615 3y agoI wouldn't expect it to be independent of truthfulness. The Cobra Effect [0] suggests that offering a reward for something, in this case public airing of testimony, increases the likelihood of false testimony given the absence of any truthful testimony. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive#The_original_cobra_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive#The_origina...