Nice Guys Finish First Harvard Study

Harvard University researchers designed a game based upon a Game Theory principle, the Prisoner's Dilemma, wherein two subjects can choose to help each other or help only themselves advance. The Harvard study concluded that nice guys finish first after subjects who chose not to punish their opponent progressed further than those who consistently punished opponents.

Fast Facts:

1. Subjects played over 8000 games of prisoner's dilemma
2. Subjects earned dimes as rewards, and lost them away as punishment
3. Researchers modified the typical game into a punishment-heavy version
4. Subjects could punish opponents and take dimes from them
5. The less a subject punished opponents, the more money he ended with

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