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Yes I agree it would feel unfair when someone gets lucky and you don't. And you can bet they would argue that it wasn't luck, that it was all hard work and "mer
by globalnode 2y ago
Yes I agree it would feel unfair when someone gets lucky and you don't. And you can bet they would argue that it wasn't luck, that it was all hard work and "merit", even if only to convince themselves. While this argument may be true to some degree its usually not enough to warrant the disparity. So perhaps I missed the point of the OP, anyway, thanks for clearing it up if that's the case.
- brabel 2y agoI think you're still missing something, it's also not about "getting lucky" (though in real life, yes, that's often important), it's about someone who has the power to reward you, knowing what you've done, intentionally rewarding you with much less than your friend who did the same things as you. That's what they are measuring. The subjects in the experiment can see that the experimenter is observing the work they are doing, and can see how the experimenter consistently rewards the other subject differently. It's much more like when people at the workplace can see how much money their colleagues are making, while having visibility of what each other is doing, and noticing that some are getting much more money at the end of the month (which is one reason employers try as hard as possible to hide their employees' salaries).
- globalnode 2y agook I get that argument, if you spell it out like that :) yes its unfair. unless compensation is being rewarded based on some other factor?