[LINK] Different heuristics at different decision speeds

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Oct 4, 2012

The "intuitive" (fast) interaction heuristic is predisposed towards selflessness, while the "calculated" (slow) decision making process favors greedier behavior: review of game studies.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22996558

Sidenote: Strange to have a Nature paper conflate a faster-payoff / 'egoistic' approach with being 'rational', and to contrast intuition with calculation, of all things. As if not being consciously aware of the calculation implicit in fast "intuitive" decision algorithms implied a lack of cognitive processing.

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Kawoomba

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gwern

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5 years ago

See also http://lesswrong.com/lw/dtg/notes_on_the_psychology_of_power/ where my comment included fulltext.

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khafra

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5 years ago

I wonder if inducing a feeling of power/high status in people would change the cooperative nature of the immediate response. It seems like in a tribe, you cooperate unless you're sure you can get away with defecting.

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Randaly

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5 years ago

The "intuitive" (fast) interaction heuristic is predisposed towards selfishness, while the "calculated" (slow) decision making process favors greedier behavior: review of game studies.

I suspect you meant "selflessness" instead of "selfishness."

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TrE

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5 years ago

If it's a game close to a true prisoner's dilemma between two players, should we expect cooperation to rise again when we let people think even longer due to TDT considerations?

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