Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美 @halfrobot.com · Apr 29 Once the options were read, hubbub conversation erupted, leading to some "NO TALKING IN CLASS" yelling and insistence that everyone vote on their own. Since these are game design undergrads, a half-dozen tried to loophole vote twice to be counted as BOTH options, but these were deduped. FINAL TALLY:
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Was the no talking rule one you imposed, or were the students themselves calling for it? It's curious if the latter, since neither side benefits from a lack of a discussion (unlike some game theory games where one side might want to actively dissuade others from sharing info and colluding)
52.9% voted the "blue button" option (whole class gets A) 47.1% for "red button." Before deduping to voters' initial choice, it was same result but at 50.9% Narrower than I expected! Kind of makes me feel like the arguments over interpretation of wording / framing are post-facto rationale.
I think the split chilling, tbh. Like I genuinely do not understand, as a human being, why would anyone would choose "I win, you lose" over "everyone wins". There is no downside to option 2!!!
Given these options, I would also pick 2. In the original version I saw of this question though, option 1 would win if anyone voted for it, and those who voted against would get an F. For me, with the consequences and a high likelihood of at least 1 person picking option 1, it makes no sense to go 2