Book contents
- Good Thinking
- Good Thinking
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Part I
- One The Game of Logic – What Follows from What
- Two Moral Judgment – How We Tell Right from Wrong
- Three Analogical Reasoning – The Heart and Soul of Insight, Discovery, and Genius
- Four Scientific Reasoning – Proving What Causes What
- Five Decision-Making – Choosing What Is Most Likely to Give You What You Most Want
- Six Game Theory – When You’re Not the Only One Choosing
- Seven Creative Problem-Solving – Turning What You Don’t Want into What You Do Want
- Part II
- Appendix A Answers to Insight Problems
- Answer Key to Quizzes
- Notes
- Index
Six - Game Theory – When You’re Not the Only One Choosing
from Part I
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 February 2021
- Good Thinking
- Good Thinking
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Part I
- One The Game of Logic – What Follows from What
- Two Moral Judgment – How We Tell Right from Wrong
- Three Analogical Reasoning – The Heart and Soul of Insight, Discovery, and Genius
- Four Scientific Reasoning – Proving What Causes What
- Five Decision-Making – Choosing What Is Most Likely to Give You What You Most Want
- Six Game Theory – When You’re Not the Only One Choosing
- Seven Creative Problem-Solving – Turning What You Don’t Want into What You Do Want
- Part II
- Appendix A Answers to Insight Problems
- Answer Key to Quizzes
- Notes
- Index
Summary
The date was June 22, 2010. It was the final round in the British game show called Golden Balls. The two contestants, Stephen and Sarah, faced each other across a table, as anxious as cats on a hot tin roof. The people in the audience were collectively holding their breath.
At stake was £100,000 (about $150,000). The two contestants each had two golden balls in front of them. Inside one was the word Split. Inside the other was the word Steal. If both chose the Split ball, they each went home with £50,000. If one chose Split and the other chose Steal, the one who chose Steal got all of the money and the one who chose Split went home with nothing. If they both chose Steal, both of them went home with nothing.
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- Good ThinkingSeven Powerful Ideas That Influence the Way We Think, pp. 115 - 143Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021