ZENO'S COFFEEHOUSE Results #13

Here is the problem, as stated in challenge #13. The results follow.

More Options

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Charles and Maggie have been offered a challenge by the Zeno's staff, which they have passed along to you patrons. Shades of an earlier problem, it concerns thoughts of others' thoughts of others. Here's the problem, and below is your entry form for your selection. This should be interesting indeed, especially in light of earlier trials.

Three boxes are your options, and you are to select one as your choice. Here are the rules:

Choose A, and you will receive $500, if 1/3 of those playing choose A also; otherwise, you receive nothing;
Choose B, and you will receive $2500, if 3/4 of those playing choose B also; otherwise, you receive nothing;
Choose C, and you will receive $1500, if 1/2 of those playing choose C also; otherwise, you receive nothing.


RESULTS: NOBODY RECEIVES ANY MONEY!! Wow! It seems that as divided as the choices were, the required percentages for recipients were not satisfied in any of the three cases...HHHmmm...Any conclusions to be drawn from this???
In any case, I have listed below the responses for your pleasure...enjoy!


From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Sat Jun 7 14:58 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA07776 for ; Sat, 7 Jun 1997 14:58:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id OAA04169; Sat, 7 Jun 1997 14:58:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 7 Jun 1997 14:58:44 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199706071858.OAA04169@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Sean McKlusky) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 838 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Sean McKlusky () on Saturday, June 7, 1997 at 14:58:43 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: mcklusky@ix.netcom.com state: KY city: Lexington country: USA comments: I am not a math wiz I figure that no matter how I slice it I have a 1 in 3 chance of winning. I'll let the math wizes come up with a complicated reason for choosing one over the other... Let the greedy go for the high number and the uncertain folks go for the middle of the road... I'm gonna sit here, enjoy my coffee, pick A and not worry about it (and if I win... I'll leave a big tip which might just tip the odds in my favor depending upon who is counting the votes :) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Tue Jun 10 06:47 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA27706 for ; Tue, 10 Jun 1997 06:47:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id GAA08768; Tue, 10 Jun 1997 06:47:06 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 06:47:06 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199706101047.GAA08768@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (peter barth) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 418 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by peter barth () on Tuesday, June 10, 1997 at 06:47:05 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: barthp@post.med.uni-marburg.de city: marburg country: germany comments: it doesn´t matter what choice we make! nobody will win! peter --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Tue Jun 10 08:49 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA05214 for ; Tue, 10 Jun 1997 08:49:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id IAA09016; Tue, 10 Jun 1997 08:49:22 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 08:49:22 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199706101249.IAA09016@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Jim Corwin) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 502 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Jim Corwin () on Tuesday, June 10, 1997 at 08:49:22 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: corwin@adra.com state: MA city: Acton country: USA comments: I choose C figuring that few people would choose B but figuring that $1500 versus $500 is worth the extra risk. Possibly, most others will figure like me. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Tue Jun 10 09:38 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA10454 for ; Tue, 10 Jun 1997 09:38:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id JAA09073; Tue, 10 Jun 1997 09:38:11 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 09:38:11 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199706101338.JAA09073@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Stephen Satris) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 906 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Stephen Satris () on Tuesday, June 10, 1997 at 09:38:10 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: Stephen@Clemson.edu state: SC city: Clemson country: USA comments: I'd choose Box B. I stand to receive the greatest amount of money that way and it's not unreasonable to suppose that 3/4 of those who respond would also choose Box B. It is very significant for me that whether I choose a low pay-off box, like Box A, or a high pay-off box like Box B, I do not take a risk of losing any money at all. Both are free. I'd play the game where I could win more, provided that it is not unreasonable to expect some behavior from the others. And I think that expecting 75% of them to choose Box B is not unreasonable. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Tue Jun 10 17:12 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA15815 for ; Tue, 10 Jun 1997 17:11:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id RAA10483; Tue, 10 Jun 1997 17:11:58 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 17:11:58 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199706102111.RAA10483@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (gayle) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 333 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by gayle () on Tuesday, June 10, 1997 at 17:11:58 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: art@instantlink.com state: NJ country: USA comments: B --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Thu Jun 12 10:59 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA23737 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 10:59:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id KAA13894; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 10:59:00 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 10:59:00 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199706121459.KAA13894@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Mark Young) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1094 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Mark Young () on Thursday, June 12, 1997 at 10:59:00 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: mark.young@acadiau.ca state: NS city: Wolfville country: Canada comments: B. In the earlier versions of the two-item choice, 80 to 90% of the people chose the highest payoff, in spite of it being virtually unattainable. If we repeat that performance, we'll get the big prize, since it requires only 75% of the people to choose it. My only concern is that the people who take this challenge might generalize from the earlier ones incorrectly, and decide that the maximum payoff is unachievable in general, so they should go with a smaller payoff. But then should they choose A or C? Hard to say. But with a 50-50 split between them, we'd need less than one third of the people to choose B before even A pays off. I don't think *that* is very likely, so I'm going to stick with B. ....mark young --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Thu Jun 12 13:15 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA13076 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 13:15:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id NAA14113; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 13:15:10 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 13:15:10 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199706121715.NAA14113@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: () Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 338 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by () on Thursday, June 12, 1997 at 13:15:10 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- country: USA comments: B. Most Peolpe will choose this one, so why not 75%? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Fri Jun 13 19:14 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA10085 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 1997 19:14:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id TAA17588; Fri, 13 Jun 1997 19:14:35 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 19:14:35 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199706132314.TAA17588@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Matthew Belcher) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 608 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Matthew Belcher () on Friday, June 13, 1997 at 19:14:35 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: matt@sunweb.com state: FL city: Largo url: www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Lights/8502/ country: USA comments: I would definately choose choice B. Why? Because any rational person would choose the most money, regardless of the percentage. I believe most people are rational and/or greedy, and would thus choose choice B. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Sat Jun 14 21:13 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA18916 for ; Sat, 14 Jun 1997 21:13:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id VAA18584; Sat, 14 Jun 1997 21:13:24 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 21:13:24 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199706150113.VAA18584@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (nwatkins) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 524 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by nwatkins () on Saturday, June 14, 1997 at 21:13:23 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- state: il city: chicago country: USA comments: vote for B. Sufficient to have just one real Chicagoan vote [early and often], so I am assuming one will. On the assumption that at least one district attorney will read the results, no URL is provided. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Sun Jun 15 13:12 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA05788 for ; Sun, 15 Jun 1997 13:12:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id NAA19142; Sun, 15 Jun 1997 13:12:22 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 13:12:22 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199706151712.NAA19142@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (arpfaff) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 302 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by arpfaff () on Sunday, June 15, 1997 at 13:12:22 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- country: USA comments: choice b --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Mon Jun 16 08:12 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA02439 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 1997 08:12:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id IAA20578; Mon, 16 Jun 1997 08:12:14 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 08:12:14 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199706161212.IAA20578@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Lou Marinoff) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 544 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Lou Marinoff () on Monday, June 16, 1997 at 08:12:13 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: marinoff@cnct.com state: NJ city: Jersey City url: www.cnct.com/home/marinoff/ country: USA comments: I choose "C", for no sophisticated reasons (yet). It just looks like the best bet, like Aristotle's "golden mean", or Buddha's "middle way". Cheers, Lou --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Mon Jun 16 08:12 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA02439 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 1997 08:12:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id IAA20578; Mon, 16 Jun 1997 08:12:14 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 08:12:14 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199706161212.IAA20578@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Lou Marinoff) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 544 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Lou Marinoff () on Monday, June 16, 1997 at 08:12:13 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: marinoff@cnct.com state: NJ city: Jersey City url: www.cnct.com/home/marinoff/ country: USA comments: I choose "C", for no sophisticated reasons (yet). It just looks like the best bet, like Aristotle's "golden mean", or Buddha's "middle way". Cheers, Lou --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Mon Jun 16 17:54 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA22929 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 1997 17:54:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id RAA21698; Mon, 16 Jun 1997 17:54:03 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 17:54:03 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199706162154.RAA21698@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Varela Maria) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 395 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Varela Maria () on Monday, June 16, 1997 at 17:54:03 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- city: Thessaloniki url: html country: Greece comments: I choose A because there are more chances for me to win that way. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Mon Jun 16 20:37 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA29411 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 1997 20:37:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id UAA21850; Mon, 16 Jun 1997 20:37:11 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 20:37:11 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199706170037.UAA21850@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Rob Hrehor) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 485 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Rob Hrehor () on Monday, June 16, 1997 at 20:37:11 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: rhrehor@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu state: GA city: snellville country: USA comments: I'm going to win $500! Send me my money in small bills, no I take that back. Pay fall quarter's tuition with it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Tue Jun 17 06:52 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA13955 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 06:52:43 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id GAA22386; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 06:52:41 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 06:52:41 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199706171052.GAA22386@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Jim Roach) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 363 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Jim Roach () on Tuesday, June 17, 1997 at 06:52:41 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: broach@acsu.buffalo.edu state: ny city: Buffalo country: USA comments: Choose C --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Thu Jun 19 13:26 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA22602 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 1997 13:26:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id NAA26737; Thu, 19 Jun 1997 13:26:33 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 13:26:33 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199706191726.NAA26737@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (CMalFet) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 958 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by CMalFet () on Thursday, June 19, 1997 at 13:26:33 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: CMalFet@aol.com state: Fl city: Jacksonville country: USA comments: The best choice would depend on how many players were playing the game. Note that the question says that winning depends on an exact number of people responding in the same way you do. For example, to win the $2,500 prize, EXACTLY 3/4 of the people must pick that box, not 3/4 or more. In such a case, if there were 6 other players, then choosing the prize which requires EXACTLY 3/4 of the other players to respond would be foolish since 4 1/2 people would have to choose the same box as you and it is unlikely that 1/2 a person will be able to choose ANY box, much less the one you might like them to. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Thu Jun 19 15:45 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA04856 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 1997 15:45:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id PAA27572; Thu, 19 Jun 1997 15:45:09 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 15:45:09 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199706191945.PAA27572@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Amy Medlin) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 374 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Amy Medlin () on Thursday, June 19, 1997 at 15:45:09 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: rmedlin@sheltonlink.com state: MO city: Caruthersville country: USA comments: I choose C --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Fri Jun 20 20:52 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA26850 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 20:52:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id UAA29539; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 20:52:41 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 20:52:41 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199706210052.UAA29539@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Sarah Muntz) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 394 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Sarah Muntz () on Friday, June 20, 1997 at 20:52:41 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: ganna@power.zepa.net state: CA city: San Diego url: http://www.valdosta.edu/~smuntz country: USA comments: C --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Sat Jun 21 14:21 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA16578 for ; Sat, 21 Jun 1997 14:21:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id OAA00364; Sat, 21 Jun 1997 14:21:31 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 14:21:31 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199706211821.OAA00364@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Mike J Hirst) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 376 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Mike J Hirst () on Saturday, June 21, 1997 at 14:21:31 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: 100125.3062@compuserve.com city: Chester country: GBR comments: A Hey - we aren't greedy! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Sun Jun 22 04:05 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id EAA03286 for ; Sun, 22 Jun 1997 04:04:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id EAA01016; Sun, 22 Jun 1997 04:04:49 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 04:04:49 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199706220804.EAA01016@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Pedro Gomez) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 465 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Pedro Gomez () on Sunday, June 22, 1997 at 04:04:48 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: quake@foreigner.class.udg.mx state: Jal city: Guadalajara country: Mexico comments: Box "B"... going by the old golden rule, I would like everyone else to choose that one for me :) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Sun Jun 22 23:45 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA00254 for ; Sun, 22 Jun 1997 23:45:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id XAA01864; Sun, 22 Jun 1997 23:45:43 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 23:45:43 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199706230345.XAA01864@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Jared Casper) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 389 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Jared Casper () on Sunday, June 22, 1997 at 23:45:43 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: jcasper@xmission.com state: UT city: Sandy url: www.amazing3d.com country: USA comments: I'd choose C --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Wed Jun 25 16:12 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA11035 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 16:12:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id QAA10602; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 16:12:09 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 16:12:09 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199706252012.QAA10602@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Jaci Pierce) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 374 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Jaci Pierce () on Wednesday, June 25, 1997 at 16:12:09 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: japierce@indiana.edu state: IN city: Bloomington country: USA comments: I choose box A --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Sat Jun 28 14:34 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA02396 for ; Sat, 28 Jun 1997 14:34:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id OAA17129; Sat, 28 Jun 1997 14:34:16 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 14:34:16 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199706281834.OAA17129@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Scott Pruden) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 392 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Scott Pruden () on Saturday, June 28, 1997 at 14:34:15 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: stpruden@grits.peachnet.valdosta.edu state: GA city: Valdosta country: USA comments: I'll take choice A. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Sat Jun 28 17:31 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA14692 for ; Sat, 28 Jun 1997 17:31:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id RAA17227; Sat, 28 Jun 1997 17:30:55 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 17:30:55 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199706282130.RAA17227@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Currey Dorris) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 393 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Currey Dorris () on Saturday, June 28, 1997 at 17:30:55 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: 8627688@mcs.net state: IL city: Chicago country: USA comments: C has the highest average payout of $750. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Mon Jun 30 08:18 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA18849 for ; Mon, 30 Jun 1997 08:18:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id IAA19594; Mon, 30 Jun 1997 08:18:10 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 08:18:10 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199706301218.IAA19594@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Erno Mäkinen) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 375 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Erno Mäkinen () on Monday, June 30, 1997 at 08:18:10 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: em55910@uta.fi city: Tampere url: www.uta.fi/~em55910 country: Finland comments: Choose C --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Tue Jul 1 13:54 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA13867 for ; Tue, 1 Jul 1997 13:54:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id NAA24102; Tue, 1 Jul 1997 13:54:35 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 13:54:35 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199707011754.NAA24102@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Michael Allman) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 411 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Michael Allman () on Tuesday, July 1, 1997 at 13:54:35 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: malman@peachnet.campus.mci.net state: GA city: Valdosta url: www.valdosta.edu/~mallman/me.htm country: USA comments: box C --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Tue Jul 1 14:19 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA17724 for ; Tue, 1 Jul 1997 14:19:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id OAA24166; Tue, 1 Jul 1997 14:19:22 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 14:19:22 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199707011819.OAA24166@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (David Shein) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 792 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by David Shein () on Tuesday, July 1, 1997 at 14:19:22 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: dshein@email.gc.cuny.edu state: NY city: NYC country: USA comments: Choice A. Assuming all choosers are choosing in ignorance that is, they are none of them in cahoots with each other), then it is a purely random matter as to which option is chosen by whom. Each option has an equal chance of being chosen. Given that there are three choices, each option is given a 1/3 chance of being chosen. So (a) is the best bet. They pay-off isn't as big, but the chances of hitting it are greater ... I think. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Wed Jul 2 17:12 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA10806 for ; Wed, 2 Jul 1997 17:12:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id RAA26899; Wed, 2 Jul 1997 17:12:03 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 17:12:03 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199707022112.RAA26899@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Adam Wager) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 370 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Adam Wager () on Wednesday, July 2, 1997 at 17:12:03 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: wager@rci.rutgers.edu state: NJ city: New Brunswick country: USA comments: Choice C --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Thu Jul 3 12:25 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA21782 for ; Thu, 3 Jul 1997 12:25:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id MAA00264; Thu, 3 Jul 1997 12:24:49 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 12:24:49 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199707031624.MAA00264@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (mike Shurtleff) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 576 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by mike Shurtleff () on Thursday, July 3, 1997 at 12:24:49 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: mashurtl@grits.valdosta.peachent.edu state: GA city: valdosta url: www.valdosta.edu/~mashurtl country: USA comments: B. question is based soley on greed. Humans are by nature greedy. nothing can be lost since the party gives nothing in the begining. the only logical answer can be B. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Mon Jul 7 13:50 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA22881 for ; Mon, 7 Jul 1997 13:50:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id NAA05794; Mon, 7 Jul 1997 13:50:22 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 13:50:22 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199707071750.NAA05794@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (SkyBob Demosthenes) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 328 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by SkyBob Demosthenes () on Monday, July 7, 1997 at 13:50:21 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- state: co city: Boulder country: USA comments: B --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Tue Jul 8 14:07 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA29219 for ; Tue, 8 Jul 1997 14:07:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id OAA08243; Tue, 8 Jul 1997 14:06:58 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 14:06:58 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199707081806.OAA08243@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Michael Allman) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 413 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Michael Allman () on Tuesday, July 8, 1997 at 14:06:58 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: malman@peachnet.campus.mci.net state: GA city: Valdosta url: www.valdosta.edu/~mallman/phil.htm country: USA comments: Box A --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Tue Jul 8 19:54 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA14068 for ; Tue, 8 Jul 1997 19:54:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id TAA09081; Tue, 8 Jul 1997 19:54:45 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 19:54:45 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199707082354.TAA09081@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Bachus) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1038 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Bachus () on Tuesday, July 8, 1997 at 19:54:45 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: bachus@rdc-cybersign.com url: http://www.premier.net/~cyberjox/bachus/ country: USA comments: There are two possible answers. If the rules are taken precisely as stated, and exactly 1/3, 3/4, or 1/2 of the people have to choose either A, B, or C, then it wouldn't matter what you picked. It is human nature not only to try to win, but also to win the most. Therefore everybody would pick Choice B, it giving the most money. This would exceed the 3/4 limit, and everbody would get nothing, no matter what you choose. In situation two, then the 3/4 limit would be taken as a minimum. If more than 3/4 choose B, then they would still win. Everybody would again pick B, and if you picked B, you would win $2500 just like everybody else, or nothing at all. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Thu Jul 10 05:17 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id FAA23844 for ; Thu, 10 Jul 1997 05:17:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id FAA13544; Thu, 10 Jul 1997 05:17:14 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 05:17:14 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199707100917.FAA13544@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Frank) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1021 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Frank () on Thursday, July 10, 1997 at 05:17:14 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: guardian@gte.net state: Fl city: St. Pete country: USA comments: I would choose A. I believe that the people who frequent this site are a more discerning crowd than you find elsewhere. I believe that enough would be familiar with the results from earlier challenges and choose the lesser amount. I don't have any calculus to back that up, but I believe that the bias that exists from the previous challenges would incline people to choose for the "sure" (ha-ha) thing. Plus, a conciliation prize of $500 is nothing to sneeze at. With a $1, $5 and $10 prize I would choose B simply for the fact it's such little money. Raise the stakes to $500,000, $1,000,000 and $5,000,000 and see the results (and how about paying out once in a while?). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Fri Jul 11 13:56 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA13835 for ; Fri, 11 Jul 1997 13:56:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id NAA17420; Fri, 11 Jul 1997 13:56:38 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 13:56:38 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199707111756.NAA17420@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Erin Dow) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 336 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Erin Dow () on Friday, July 11, 1997 at 13:56:38 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: dmitri@aztec.asu.edu state: AZ country: USA comments: B --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Sat Jul 12 17:39 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA06310 for ; Sat, 12 Jul 1997 17:38:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id RAA19328; Sat, 12 Jul 1997 17:38:49 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 17:38:49 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199707122138.RAA19328@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Christina Gaines) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 381 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Christina Gaines () on Saturday, July 12, 1997 at 17:38:49 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: gainesct@plu.edu state: WWWwa city: Tacoma country: USA comments: i will choose option c. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Mon Jul 14 17:54 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA25702 for ; Mon, 14 Jul 1997 17:54:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id OAA05201; Tue, 4 Feb 1997 14:29:06 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 14:29:06 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199702041929.OAA05201@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Marieke Keller) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 889 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Marieke Keller () on Tuesday, February 4, 1997 at 14:29:06 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: marieke_keller@stortek.com state: CO city: Louisville country: USA comments: I think that Charlie should stay with the envelope he has now. By staying with 'A' he is guaranteed a minimum of $50 and a glass of water on May 6, 1997. By switching to 'C', he is guaranteed a minimum of a glass of water. The $50 could buy coffee for a little while if the coupon in 'A' is for water. You could play a lot of mind games trying to figure out what Rob (the manager) is thinking by making the offer. But, I think that it would be a waste of time and an increase in stress. Stay with 'A', Charlie!!! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Tue Jul 15 18:53 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA28651 for ; Tue, 15 Jul 1997 18:53:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id SAA01940; Tue, 15 Jul 1997 18:53:26 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 18:53:26 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199707152253.SAA01940@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Scott E. Sellars) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 466 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Scott E. Sellars () on Tuesday, July 15, 1997 at 18:53:26 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: scott1@surfsouth.com state: GA city: Lakeland country: USA comments: Choice: A The 1/3 gives everyone a better chance of getting the "money" since 1/3 is a lot less that 1/2. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Wed Jul 16 11:57 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA25830 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 1997 11:56:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id LAA03098; Wed, 16 Jul 1997 11:56:47 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 11:56:47 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199707161556.LAA03098@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (D Kerman) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 751 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by D Kerman () on Wednesday, July 16, 1997 at 11:56:47 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: dkerman@lsac.org state: PA country: USA comments: I don't quite understand the question -- do you mean (e.g.) if exactly 1/3 choose A, or if at least 1/3 choose A? If it's the former, I don't have a good story about which to pick. But if it's the latter, I pick B. I know that everyone else will be able to tell that if we all pick B, we all get the most, and I figure each of them also know that. So I figure everyone will pick B, so I will pick B and get $2500. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Thu Jul 17 08:09 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA18306 for ; Thu, 17 Jul 1997 08:09:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id IAA05057; Thu, 17 Jul 1997 08:09:43 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 08:09:43 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199707171209.IAA05057@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Roberto Chavez) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 901 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Roberto Chavez () on Thursday, July 17, 1997 at 08:09:41 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: roberto@sans.vuw.ac.nz city: Wellington country: New Zealand comments: My choice would be box A in order to reduce risk. To be successful with the other boxes would depend on a pronounced bias of the players toward those boxes (B more than C). This scenario is possible if the universe of players is risk taking. This situation may be compounded by the allure of the greater reward contained in boxes B and C. But, there is the following situation: If indeed 3 out of 4 players choose box B, Is the prize pool big enough to cover the amount due? It doesn't make sense from the organiser's point of view. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Tue Jul 22 09:02 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA23519 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 1997 09:02:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id JAA29706; Tue, 22 Jul 1997 09:01:33 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 09:01:33 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199707221301.JAA29706@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Frank) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 295 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Frank () on Tuesday, July 22, 1997 at 09:01:32 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- country: Ireland comments: B --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Tue Jul 22 11:34 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA19547 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 1997 11:34:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id LAA00013; Tue, 22 Jul 1997 11:33:39 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 11:33:39 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199707221533.LAA00013@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Stephen W. Adair) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 810 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Stephen W. Adair () on Tuesday, July 22, 1997 at 11:33:39 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: SWAdair@aol.com state: NC city: Raleigh country: USA comments: I would choose option B. In single-iteration challenges of this nature, many people seem to think that not everyone will choose the maximum-payoff option. They then choose a less-than-optimal option so they aren't left out in the cold. Self-fulfilling prophecy. I've never understood that sort of mentality. This is based less on mathematics than on psychology. Everyone, in all future challenges of this nature, CHOOSE THE MAXIMUM $ AMOUNT OPTION! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Wed Jul 23 16:16 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA09412 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 1997 16:16:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id QAA04042; Wed, 23 Jul 1997 16:16:46 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 16:16:46 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199707232016.QAA04042@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Tony) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 759 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Tony () on Wednesday, July 23, 1997 at 16:16:45 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: aokeeffe@bellarmine.edu state: ky city: Louisville country: USA comments: B. Being an English teacher (rather than a philosopher--"The unexamined life is not worth living; on the other hand, the examined life doesn't generate much income") nor an economist ("Show me the money!"), I chose option B based on my approach to the lottery. I'm certainly above indulging in anything as unlikely and as venal at the lottery--but sure, I'll buy a ticket when it goes above $50,000,000. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Fri Jul 25 00:04 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA27311 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 1997 00:04:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id AAA07322; Fri, 25 Jul 1997 00:04:34 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 00:04:34 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199707250404.AAA07322@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Jayson Anderson) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 409 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Jayson Anderson () on Friday, July 25, 1997 at 00:04:34 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: jaanderson@mail.datasys.net state: GA city: Valdosta country: USA comments: I choose B. I guess I am doing this right. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Fri Jul 25 09:58 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA00716 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 1997 09:58:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id JAA08302; Fri, 25 Jul 1997 09:58:17 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 09:58:17 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199707251358.JAA08302@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Ayan George) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 781 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Ayan George () on Friday, July 25, 1997 at 09:58:17 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: ageorge@valdosta.edu state: GA city: Thomasville url: http://www.valdosta.edu/~ageorge/ country: USA comments: Assuming 3/4 means at least 3/4 or 3/4 or more, I'd select box C. First, I, like everyone else, would want the most money. The chances of me getting the most money is dependent on others wanting a lot of money too. The likely hood of 3/4 of the people wanting $2500 is pretty high. If everyone thinks about it for a while, they'll realize we'll all will get $2500 they pick box B. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Fri Jul 25 11:06 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA10824 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 1997 11:06:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id LAA08488; Fri, 25 Jul 1997 11:06:09 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 11:06:09 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199707251506.LAA08488@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Ezra) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 429 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Ezra () on Friday, July 25, 1997 at 11:06:09 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: sneezy@cyberspace.org state: GA city: Valdosta url: http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/3192/ country: USA comments: A... do we really get the money? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Fri Jul 25 12:22 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA22155 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 1997 12:22:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id MAA08600; Fri, 25 Jul 1997 12:22:41 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 12:22:41 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199707251622.MAA08600@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Tom Ray) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 373 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Tom Ray () on Friday, July 25, 1997 at 12:22:40 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: tfray@valdosta.edu state: GA city: Valdosta url: http://www.valdosta.edu/~tfray country: USA --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Fri Jul 25 12:24 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA22394 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 1997 12:24:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id MAA08612; Fri, 25 Jul 1997 12:24:10 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 12:24:10 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199707251624.MAA08612@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Tom Ray) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 570 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Tom Ray () on Friday, July 25, 1997 at 12:24:10 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: tfray@valdosta.edu state: GA city: Valdosta url: http://www.valdosta.edu/~tfray country: USA comments: I choose box number one. I believe most people would go for the sure thing of A. They would realize that being greedy in this case would end up making them loose out on the money. TOM --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Mon Jul 28 01:28 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id BAA10564 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 1997 01:28:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id BAA01898; Mon, 28 Jul 1997 01:28:27 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 01:28:27 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199707280528.BAA01898@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Carol Banks-Hansen) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 372 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Carol Banks-Hansen () on Monday, July 28, 1997 at 01:28:27 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: Carol9736@aol.com state: OH city: Wooster country: USA comments: My choice is B. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Mon Aug 4 14:58 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA05875 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 1997 14:58:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id OAA19187; Mon, 4 Aug 1997 14:58:18 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 14:58:18 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199708041858.OAA19187@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Ken Duisenberg) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 522 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Ken Duisenberg () on Monday, August 4, 1997 at 14:58:18 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: kend@ecst.csuchico.edu state: CA city: Roseville url: http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~kend/potw country: USA comments: B. The original Challenge showed that most wanted the big payoff - and this allows for most (not all) to choose it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Sun Aug 10 15:05 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA14074 for ; Sun, 10 Aug 1997 15:05:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id PAA01795; Sun, 10 Aug 1997 15:04:54 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 15:04:54 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199708101904.PAA01795@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Laura E. Cody) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 535 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Laura E. Cody () on Sunday, August 10, 1997 at 15:04:54 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: martint@ktc.com state: Tx city: Kerrville country: USA comments: I will choose C, however I get the distinct impression from the wording that exactly 1/3, 3/4, or 1/2 must choose to win anything at all, ergo, the odds of winning are slim to none. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Fri Aug 15 07:33 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA18897 for ; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 07:33:01 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id HAA03802; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 07:32:50 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 07:32:50 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199708151132.HAA03802@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Ms Lee Chalmers) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 458 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Ms Lee Chalmers () on Friday, August 15, 1997 at 07:32:50 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: phl5lbc@leeds.ac.uk city: Leeds url: ?? University of Leeds, West Yorkshire country: UK comments: C Emm?? I really do not know why but this is not about logic is it? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Fri Aug 15 22:32 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA02948 for ; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 22:32:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id WAA05757; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 22:32:16 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 22:32:16 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199708160232.WAA05757@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Martin Merceret) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 463 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Martin Merceret () on Friday, August 15, 1997 at 22:32:16 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: vdkr87c state: Fl city: Merritt Island url: N/A country: USA comments: A Maby people ought to examine odds, and chances of other people picking what more people will pick. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Sun Aug 24 21:25 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA21049 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 1997 21:24:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id VAA19639; Sun, 24 Aug 1997 21:24:49 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 21:24:49 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199708250124.VAA19639@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Emma Osman) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 901 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Emma Osman () on Sunday, August 24, 1997 at 21:24:48 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: eosman@cybergraphic.com.au state: VIC city: Melbourne url: www.civag.unimelb.edu.au/~eosm country: Australia comments: I choose box A. The reason - considering the outcome of previous tests, I think that the complexity of the decision-making process here is large enough that people will be choosing between the three boxes pretty-much randomly. That being the case, for groups larger than a dozen or so, there is hardly any chance of getting 1/2 the people choosing the same box, let alone 3/4 ! Box A is the only one where there is any possibility of getting _any_ money - the sums involved become irrelevant. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Wed Aug 27 05:33 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id FAA25219 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 1997 05:33:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id FAA23609; Wed, 27 Aug 1997 05:33:04 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 05:33:04 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199708270933.FAA23609@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (tomas nittner) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 392 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by tomas nittner () on Wednesday, August 27, 1997 at 05:33:04 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: nittner@metronet.de city: munich country: germany comments: i choose a because odds are in its favour --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Fri Aug 29 15:15 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA06406 for ; Fri, 29 Aug 1997 15:15:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id PAA27311; Fri, 29 Aug 1997 15:14:53 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 15:14:53 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199708291914.PAA27311@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (fernando mabini, jr) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 365 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by fernando mabini, jr () on Friday, August 29, 1997 at 15:14:52 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: fmabini@mail.utep.edu state: tx city: el paso country: USA comments: c --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Sat Aug 30 01:06 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id BAA24215 for ; Sat, 30 Aug 1997 01:06:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id BAA27711; Sat, 30 Aug 1997 01:06:34 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 01:06:34 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199708300506.BAA27711@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Jody S Hourigan) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 460 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Jody S Hourigan () on Saturday, August 30, 1997 at 01:06:34 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: shyann@northcoast.com state: Ca city: Eureka country: USA comments: I Choose B. The choice is clear. Most everyone likes a gamble, and almost everyone is greedy. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Sat Aug 30 18:46 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA23478 for ; Sat, 30 Aug 1997 18:46:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id SAA28174; Sat, 30 Aug 1997 18:46:40 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 18:46:40 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199708302246.SAA28174@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Nicholas Webb) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 379 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Nicholas Webb () on Saturday, August 30, 1997 at 18:46:40 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: sterntor@hotmail.com state: TX city: San Antonio url: none country: USA comments: box A --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Mon Sep 1 14:52 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA27092 for ; Mon, 1 Sep 1997 14:52:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id OAA29885; Mon, 1 Sep 1997 14:52:49 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 1 Sep 1997 14:52:49 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199709011852.OAA29885@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (John Pruden) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 417 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by John Pruden () on Monday, September 1, 1997 at 14:52:49 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: pruden@datasys.net state: GA city: Valdosta url: www.datasys.net country: USA comments: Choice B. People are inherently greedy. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Wed Sep 3 14:37 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA27510 for ; Wed, 3 Sep 1997 14:37:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id OAA02944; Wed, 3 Sep 1997 14:37:12 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 14:37:12 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199709031837.OAA02944@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Micah B. 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Weedman () on Wednesday, September 3, 1997 at 14:37:11 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: mbweedman0@mcnet.milligan.edu state: TN city: Johnson City country: USA comments: A --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Thu Sep 4 16:42 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA19739 for ; Thu, 4 Sep 1997 16:42:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id QAA06796; Thu, 4 Sep 1997 16:42:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 16:42:44 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199709042042.QAA06796@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Becky DeHart) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 520 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Becky DeHart () on Thursday, September 4, 1997 at 16:42:44 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: boodles@rocketmail.com state: OH city: Troy country: USA comments: I would choose B. If everyone thought the way I do they would choose the choice with the most money. Why not? Of course that's assuming they're not all skeptics. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Fri Sep 5 10:29 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA18463 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 1997 10:29:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id KAA08765; Fri, 5 Sep 1997 10:29:22 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 10:29:22 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199709051429.KAA08765@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Thomas H.) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 312 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Thomas H. () on Friday, September 5, 1997 at 10:29:22 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- country: Norway comments: I choose "C" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Tue Sep 9 14:19 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA28430 for ; Tue, 9 Sep 1997 14:18:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id OAA03757; Tue, 9 Sep 1997 14:18:46 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 14:18:46 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199709091818.OAA03757@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (jim skidmore) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 830 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by jim skidmore () on Tuesday, September 9, 1997 at 14:18:45 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: skid0002@gold.tc.umn.edu state: mn city: minneapolis country: USA comments: I would choose B. B offers the greatest reward, and I see no reason to choose one of the others over it. For example, I see no reason to believe that the probability of 3/4 of others choosing B along with me is lower than the probabilities involved in A and C. In fact, if all parties are similarly rational, they should make the same choice, so that it is likely that no one will receive anything. Still, I would choose B, since it offers the highest reward. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Tue Sep 9 16:08 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA17987 for ; Tue, 9 Sep 1997 16:08:01 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id QAA04355; Tue, 9 Sep 1997 16:07:51 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 16:07:51 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199709092007.QAA04355@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Kyle Calderhead) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 428 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Kyle Calderhead () on Tuesday, September 9, 1997 at 16:07:51 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: chead@math.umn.edu state: MN city: Minneapolis country: USA comments: B -- If we were playing for real money, everybody would pick B --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Wed Sep 10 09:39 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA06613 for ; Wed, 10 Sep 1997 09:39:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id JAA07263; Wed, 10 Sep 1997 09:39:43 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 09:39:43 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199709101339.JAA07263@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (melissa) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 454 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by melissa () on Wednesday, September 10, 1997 at 09:39:42 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- state: pa city: lititz country: USA comments: I chose B because if 1/3 chose A,3/4 chose B,and 1/2 chose C most people would go for the lesser fraction. I am taking a risk. :) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Fri Sep 12 23:34 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA23449 for ; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 23:34:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id XAA17480; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 23:34:04 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 23:34:04 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199709130334.XAA17480@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Stephanie) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 495 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Stephanie () on Friday, September 12, 1997 at 23:34:04 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: SAand2 state: CCO city: Boulder country: USA comments: I would choose B people are natually greedy and in past questions like this poeple have chosen the highest dollar amount by 80%+ so pick the most money. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Mon Sep 15 20:40 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA16165 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 20:40:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id UAA26436; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 20:40:07 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 20:40:07 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199709160040.UAA26436@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Jordan Myers) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 515 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Jordan Myers () on Monday, September 15, 1997 at 20:40:06 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: jmyers01@asu.edu state: AZ city: Tempe country: USA comments: Box A. Since it would cost me nothing to play, the profit percentage would be infinite in all cases. Therefore, I choose the one with the highest chance to win. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Thu Sep 18 16:01 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA13453 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 1997 16:01:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id QAA10972; Thu, 18 Sep 1997 16:01:39 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 16:01:39 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199709182001.QAA10972@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Michael Ramsay) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 748 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Michael Ramsay () on Thursday, September 18, 1997 at 16:01:38 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: mjrst20+@pitt.edu state: Pa city: Pittsburgh url: http://www.pitt.edu/~mjrst20 country: USA comments: I choose B: Since the options are solely based on the number of people making the same choice I am, then why not bet on the high rollers. To lose, 25% of the participants must be so cowardly as to hedge there bets on the lower amounts, even when they are risking nothing. (I grant, a reasonable possibility, but too dissapointing to think about.) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Fri Sep 19 00:20 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA01306 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 1997 00:20:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id AAA13065; Fri, 19 Sep 1997 00:20:06 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 00:20:06 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199709190420.AAA13065@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Kate Geyer) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 380 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Kate Geyer () on Friday, September 19, 1997 at 00:20:06 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: kgeyer@student.umass.edu state: MA city: Amherst country: USA comments: My choice is B!!!!! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nobody@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu Fri Sep 19 10:10 EDT 1997 Received: from gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (gumbo [168.18.130.204]) by grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA26994 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 1997 10:10:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu (8.7.4/8.7.3) id KAA14542; Fri, 19 Sep 1997 10:10:35 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 10:10:35 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199709191410.KAA14542@gumbo.valdosta.peachnet.edu> To: rbarnett@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu From: (Jeff Queen) Subject: Submitted Form Content-Type: text Content-Length: 369 Status: RO X-Status: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Jeff Queen () on Friday, September 19, 1997 at 10:10:35 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- username: jjqueen@valdosta.edu state: GA city: Valdosta country: USA comments: I choose A. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------