Post by Lone Wanderer on Dec 27, 2017 23:25:14 GMT
Source and full article: Is punishment as effective as we think?
Summary:
Punishment might not be an effective means to get members of society to cooperate for the common good, according to a social dilemma experiment.
In the first group (Well-mixed) where the opponents were reshuffled each round, defectors prevailed over the course of 50 rounds. In the second group (Network reciprocity) where the opponents remained the same for the 50 rounds enabling them to identify cooperative neighbors, the cooperative cluster survived. In the third group (Network reciprocity with punishment), the option to punish opponents failed to boost cooperation.
Summary:
Punishment might not be an effective means to get members of society to cooperate for the common good, according to a social dilemma experiment.
In the first group (Well-mixed) where the opponents were reshuffled each round, defectors prevailed over the course of 50 rounds. In the second group (Network reciprocity) where the opponents remained the same for the 50 rounds enabling them to identify cooperative neighbors, the cooperative cluster survived. In the third group (Network reciprocity with punishment), the option to punish opponents failed to boost cooperation.
