"Carlos Alós-Ferrer at the University of Zurich in Switzerland and his colleagues asked 640 people to play 3 types of game in which each participant decides how much of a small sum of money to transfer to another participant. The researchers found that most participants gave some money away.
The authors also devised the Big Robber game: a ‘robber’ decides whether to steal up to half of the earnings of 16 other participants. More than 80% of 320 robbers took at least one-third of the money, and 56% took as much as they could — half of it, about €100 (US$118). Only 2% of individuals refused to rob.
The findings suggest that, if given the opportunity, people will harm a large group in exchange for a high reward, but the same individuals can be compassionate one-on-one." [1]
1. ‘Robber’ experiment tests generosity — with sobering results, Nature, Human behaviour, 02 August 2021
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