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struggle4progress

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10. Actually, it seems the paper is actually "Religious biases in cooperation"

Reply to rug (Reply #9)

Wed Jan 23, 2013, 05:08 PM

Jan 2013

and it is an unpublished "working paper" that involved testing "prisoner's dilemma" against 8x12 = 96 Malaysians

"Prisoner's dilemma" is, of course, a very strange game: the optimal strategy for each player is to say "fugg you, buddy" to the other player

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Religion does not make you love your neighbour - study [View all] cleanhippie Jan 2013 OP

telling us what we already know Skittles Jan 2013 #1

Yep, but scientific confirmation goes a long way. cleanhippie Jan 2013 #2

Pat Robertson told his listeners... Kalidurga Jan 2013 #3

What kind of study is this? rug Jan 2013 #4

The paper is "The Experimental Economics of Religion" struggle4progress Jan 2013 #8

Thanks, I couldn't find it, even on Nottingham's Malaysia campus site. rug Jan 2013 #9

Actually, it seems the paper is actually "Religious biases in cooperation" struggle4progress Jan 2013 #10

In-group empathy tama Jan 2013 #5

Exactly. Igel Jan 2013 #6

But but but tama Jan 2013 #7

Amazing that someone would use a shoddy study by a biased " team of behavior experts" Leontius Jan 2013 #11

. cleanhippie Jan 2013 #12