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Re:Game theorists offer a surprising insight into the evolut... by colanderman on Sunday August 14, 2011 @02:00PM (#2884078)
Furthermore, since "punishing" a cheater involves paying $X to force the cheater to pay $X, the cheater will still come out ahead no matter how many times he cheats. This game is... interesting.
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Re:Game theorists offer a surprising insight into the evolut... by enjo on Sunday August 14, 2011 @05:43PM (#2884540)
That's the point of the game isn't it? To determine if people will irrationally pay to punish a cheater for the sake of revenge? At least that's what I got from the article.
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