Depends on the context. Game show? Fuck yeah, I want the money. Screwing over a real person in a real situation? Split
Split or Steal? is a famous gameshow segment based on the prisoner's dilemma. If both players "split," they split a small fortune 50/50. If both "steal," they get nothing. If only one "steals," they get the entire pot. If you were sure the other person would "split," you would...
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err I didn't phrase that very coherently but I bet you know what I mean lol
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The famous trick is to break out of the game and convince them you’ll give em half the money after the show if they split and you steal, right? And then split anyway just in case you misread them, because them winning is better than The Man winning
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Highly recommend this episode of Radiolab about the game show "Golden Balls" which featured split or steal, if you're interested!https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/episodes/whats-left-when-youre-right …
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i forget why but soryu was recommending this very highly to me recently, i should really give it a listen
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Most impressive performance on this game ever.https://youtube.com/watch?v=S0qjK3TWZE8 …
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will just leave this here...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6GhbT-zEfc …
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@TheRealBerky oldie but a goodie
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Split, I would feel really bad if I didn’t.
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Rational decision is to always steal, because in both scenarios that is a better outcome for you. But most people, if guaranteed the other person will split, will usually split. Homo sapiens are more compassionate than homo economicus
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It's not necessarily the rational choice. It's a public gameshow, the choice you make influences the image people have of you.
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