You are walking on a sidewalk as you pass by another person. Suddenly the wind blows $100 from an unknown place into the face of the other person. The other person picks it up and continues walking.
Do you grab the $100 and rip it in pieces as punishment for them not giving you any?
The original dictator game is that one person receives $100 and then has to choose how much of that to give to the other person, and the other person can refuse the offer, in which case neither player gets anything. The usual wisdom is that you should refuse unfair offers, which I’m implicitly disputing by adding a framing where refusing any offer seems bad.
Edit: wait, I’m mixing up the dictatorship game and the ultimatum game.
The modified
dictator gameultimatum game:You are walking on a sidewalk as you pass by another person. Suddenly the wind blows $100 from an unknown place into the face of the other person. The other person picks it up and continues walking.
Do you grab the $100 and rip it in pieces as punishment for them not giving you any?
What is the original dictator game?
Without context, this dilemma seems super weird. If someone says “yes,” they are a whiny bitch with whom nobody would cooperate (as they should).
The original dictator game is that one person receives $100 and then has to choose how much of that to give to the other person, and the other person can refuse the offer, in which case neither player gets anything. The usual wisdom is that you should refuse unfair offers, which I’m implicitly disputing by adding a framing where refusing any offer seems bad.
Edit: wait, I’m mixing up the dictatorship game and the ultimatum game.