From: Colin Hales (colin@versalog.com.au)
Date: Tue Mar 19 2002 - 00:39:49 MST
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-extropians@extropy.org
> [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]On Behalf Of Emlyn O'regan
> Sent: Tuesday, 19 March 2002 5:37 PM
> To: 'extropians@extropy.org'
> Subject: RE: FW: Research Shows Just How Much People Hate A Winner
>
>
> > > ---- Original message follows ----
> > > Research Shows Just How Much People Hate A Winner
> > >
> > > New research by economists at the Universities of Warwick
> > and Oxford in the
> > > UK has provided surprising insight into just how much
> > people hate a winner.
> > >
> > > It also shows what lengths human beings are prepared to go
> > to damage a
> > > winner out of a sense of envy or fairness.
> >
>
> A lot of people appear to be taking this experiment
> seriously. I think this
> is probably a mistake.
>
> Emlyn
I agree. The test seems to be logically the equivalent of a computer game.
People are trained to kill from the moment they sit in front of a screen.
The game was pre-set to generate the outcome and I bet it gets a lot more
publicity for those involved as a result. A touch of cynicism here?
Let the players look the opposition in the eye and have real stakes that
hurt. Hopefully some self-interested altruism will filter in.
Colin
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