The End Of Software - Anibal's Blog

Now, a scientific study (PNAS 10.1073/pnas.0900636106)  demonstrates in a game that, even if we have all the information and a clear rational proposition, we are not able to choose the right decision, and we are driven only by our emotions.

Examples of the game:

• If someone offers you to share free money, on even proportions, 50% you are not going to accept it.
• If someone offers you to share free money, on un-even proportions, 70% you are not going to accept it.
• Knowing that the offering person is going to keep it, 40% you are not going to accept it.
• To be clear: "if A chooses X and B chooses Y, then A receives $i and B receives $j", same rates

The conclusion:

• We think an offer is unfair
• After the decision, we can try to rationalize it
• We act on our snap decisions without thinking