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Taking the money isn't necessarily the most rational, it depends on your culture. For instance, taking the money could introduce an unspoken obligation, refusin
by SixSigma 13y ago
Taking the money isn't necessarily the most rational, it depends on your culture. For instance, taking the money could introduce an unspoken obligation, refusing 60% of the split is not unknown.
http://www.psmag.com/magazines/magazine-feature-story-magazines/joe-henrich-weird-ultimatum-game-shaking-up-psychology-economics-53135/ http://www.psmag.com/magazines/magazine-feature-story-magazi...
- im3w1l 13y agoThe players are anonymous so no obligations can be introduced. Taking the money is the most rational. (Well I guess the group was so small that egoistic behaviour could cause you to lose longterm because of reduced willingness to cooperate even though no one knew it was you).
- ithkuil 13y agoI that if you're told that the other player is a machine you won't feel the need to refuse.
- SixSigma 13y agoThere are plenty of examples of irrational behavior in psychological economics exeperiments, many are given in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking,_Fast_and_Slow http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking,_Fast_and_Slow