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Letter: Letter

Published 21 September 2002

From Marc Pengryffyn

There is another facet to competition that should have been included in the experiment: a game where cooperation pays off. The way this experiment is structured suggests that only competition can produce benefits, and that cooperation is, at best, neutral.

Do the researchers plan a set of follow-up experiments, comparing a situation where cooperation leads to benefits with one where competition has, at best, neutral results?

Scullin, Australian Capital Territory

Issue no. 2361 published 21 September 2002

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