Survey taken. Defected since I’m neutral as to whether the money goes to Yvain or a random survey-taker, but would prefer the money going to me over either of those two.
It seems that the fate of the prize money is having a huge effect on people’s choice to cooperate or defect. Yavin could modify the numbers by some potentially large percentage by offering to either donate the remainder of the prize to a charity, or to do something near-equivalent to burning it.
I chose to cooperate because the good feelings are worth more to me than a fraction of a cent, and I expect people to prefer cooperation even if it is the anti-game theory response.
Survey taken. Defected since I’m neutral as to whether the money goes to Yvain or a random survey-taker, but would prefer the money going to me over either of those two.
It seems that the fate of the prize money is having a huge effect on people’s choice to cooperate or defect. Yavin could modify the numbers by some potentially large percentage by offering to either donate the remainder of the prize to a charity, or to do something near-equivalent to burning it.
I chose to cooperate because the good feelings are worth more to me than a fraction of a cent, and I expect people to prefer cooperation even if it is the anti-game theory response.