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Thus, solving the [[Duncker candle problem]] requires a small amount of lateral thinking, to overcome the “[[functional fixedness]]”. | Thus, solving the [[Duncker candle problem]] requires a small amount of lateral thinking, to overcome the “[[functional fixedness]]”. | ||
Enter flamboyant pianist Elton Glucksberg, whose addition was to run the [[candle problem]] with two groups, each incentivised differently. One group was not | Enter flamboyant pianist Elton Glucksberg, whose addition was to run the [[candle problem]] with two groups, each incentivised differently. One group was not offered any incentive but told the experiment was a to test out various problems to decide which to use in a later experiment”. | ||
The other group were offered ''two'' incentives. The winner — the fellow who solved the problem first — would win twenty-five bucks. The top quartile of problem solvers would win a consolation prize of $5. The remainder would get a [[donut]]. Zippo the hippo. | |||
You will never guess what happened. | You will never guess what happened. | ||
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It turns out those incentivised to be greedy capitalist [[Rent-seeking|rent-seekers]] were disinclined to collaborate, forced themselves into a narrow, white-knuckle footrace towards a goal they didn’t well understand and as a consequence they ''didn’t do very well''. Those ''without'' the pressure to [[Evolution|kill or be killed]] collaborated and, on average, solved the problem much more quickly. | It turns out those incentivised to be greedy capitalist [[Rent-seeking|rent-seekers]] were disinclined to collaborate, forced themselves into a narrow, white-knuckle footrace towards a goal they didn’t well understand and as a consequence they ''didn’t do very well''. Those ''without'' the pressure to [[Evolution|kill or be killed]] collaborated and, on average, solved the problem much more quickly. | ||
Now this really ought not to need a Ted Talk to point out. The incentives are all wrong: they discourage collaboration of the sort which ''obviously'' will help in solving the problem. | Now, this really ought not to need a Ted Talk to point out. The incentives are all wrong: they discourage collaboration of the sort which ''obviously'' will help in solving the problem. | ||
===The end of history?=== | ===The end of history?=== | ||
Anyway, in this way, by the simple expedient of [[libtard|metropolitan liberal]] reasoning, was naked capitalism finally [[Falsification|falsified]], vanquished and logicked out of existence. As a result, there aren’t any [[Investment bank|investment banks]] any more, the canals of Venice run clear, the sky over Zhengzhou is a brilliant polaroid blue, and unicorns gamble in the wildflower meadows of Rotherhithe. | Anyway, in this way, by the simple expedient of [[libtard|metropolitan liberal]] reasoning, was naked capitalism finally [[Falsification|falsified]], vanquished and logicked out of existence. As a result, there aren’t any [[Investment bank|investment banks]] any more, the canals of Venice run clear, the sky over Zhengzhou is a brilliant polaroid blue, and unicorns gamble in the wildflower meadows of Rotherhithe. | ||