March 2014

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shinyou

A trust recovery experiment:

A subject is told that his opponent will always throw rock, so as long the subject throws paper, s/he’ll always win. In the first match, the opponent throws scissors, so the subject loses. In all the subsequent matches, the opponent will always throw rock. How many times would it take for the subject to start trusting the rule again?

An idea gained from an interaction with m’ clever nephew.