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Re:Counterintuitive problem: People in a room keep giving do... by usaphp on Sunday July 09, 2017 @02:20PM (#14730963)
> gives a dollar to one randomly chosen other person

I wonder is the person randomly chosen by the machine or is it randomly chosen by the person who gives away the dollar? If it's the second case - I wonder how much does personal attraction matters here. Unconsciously you would want to give something to a person who you find more attractive...

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Re:Counterintuitive problem: People in a room keep giving do... by wungsten on Sunday July 09, 2017 @02:35PM (#14731021)
I'd like to see you try programming a simulation with that in mind :)
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Re:Counterintuitive problem: People in a room keep giving do... by PhasmaFelis on Sunday July 09, 2017 @10:56PM (#14733077)
If the giver is allowed to choose, it's not random, by definition. You'd need a computer or some other reasonably good randomizer, like dice.
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