Nice Guys DON’T Finish Last?

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Published: Thu, March 20, 2008 - 2:18 am
Last Updated: Thu, March 20, 2008 - 2:21 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - Harvard researchers say the old adage "Nice
guys finish last" is not just old, it might be wrong.
One hundred Boston-area college students played the same
reward-and-punishment game over and over again. The game gave
players two options: cooperate or defect.
The researchers paid players for results. If each cooperated,
they were paid a dime. If both defected, they got nothing. And if
one cooperated and the other defected the defector got 30 cents and
the cooperative player was docked 20 cents.
They then added punishment as an option. If someone didn't
cooperate, they could be fined 40 cents by the other player, but
that player also lost a dime.
After more than 8,000 games, the study found that the players
who punished their opponents the least made the most money.
A study co-author says the research shows that what's "best for
your own self-interest is to be nice."
It's in the journal Nature.



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