I’m curious whether anyone picked a number higher than twenty-five—and what would you call that, a zero-leveler?
Actually, a sizable fraction of clever pranksters may get a kick out of thwarting the “rational” choice, since there is no punishment for guessing wrong, and pick 100.
This thought did occur to me, yes. But I figured the “rational” choice—which is not actually rational, since it’s predictably not going to win—of zero was doomed anyway, so chose 1 rather than guarantee a loss with 100 for no purpose.
Edit: Oh. There’s nothing preventing you from voting multiple times. Hmm… in that case 49 is probably the best bet.
Actually, a sizable fraction of clever pranksters may get a kick out of thwarting the “rational” choice, since there is no punishment for guessing wrong, and pick 100.
(No, I am not telling you what I picked.)
Every time I’ve played this in real life there’s been someone who’s done that.
This thought did occur to me, yes. But I figured the “rational” choice—which is not actually rational, since it’s predictably not going to win—of zero was doomed anyway, so chose 1 rather than guarantee a loss with 100 for no purpose.
Edit: Oh. There’s nothing preventing you from voting multiple times. Hmm… in that case 49 is probably the best bet.