we’ve set up a game of war the rules are
simple our volunteers can bet one five
or ten dollars and whoever draws the
highest card wins the pot of course war
is just a simple game of chance so
simple it doesn’t feel like there’s much
room for imagination right so far our
volunteers have been going against Jim
strong the reigning war champion and the
bets have been low one dollar now our
volunteers are playing against Eugene
Roberts a novice and a nervous wreck so
one two and three again right will that
change the way people bet so uh first
first bet
Edna Mac’s betting the max is one two
three ha ha she lost that round so her
confidence must be shaken and she’ll
lower her bet right been – max wrong why
why do you keep betting the max
second.we but why is she so confident
even after losing that she continues to
bet big one two three
money have you caught on to the pattern
of bedding in this phase of the
experiment okay so ready play ten now
okay one two three
yes our volunteers kept betting the max
against Eugene alright Eugene I’m gonna
bet you the maximum ten Eugene I’m gonna
come out of the cave big ten bucks would
you do the same probably but why after
all war is a game of luck and Eugene has
as much a chance to win as Jim but your
brain doesn’t see it that way
betting again max
obviously intimidation has something to
do with it
Jim is pretty intense and Eugene I’m
sorry is Eugene which makes it easier to
imagine winning against him but our
participants imaginations are misleading
them in one key way in fact to show you
just how much their imaginations got the
better of them we’ll let you in on a
secret
now you may have already figured it out
Eugene Roberts and Jim strong are the
exact same guy that’s right
he’s an actor we hired to play both
parts and not only are our opponents the
same person as we said before war is a
game of chance it’s a 50/50 chance yet
time after time win or lose people bets
small against Jim I’m gonna stay at the
minimum and big against Eugene and the
reason has nothing to do with a game of
war and everything to do with their
brains when about the max again Eugene
which shows how your brain allows
perception to cloud your judgment he
came off kind of as weak and in that
situation I just felt was a great time
to bet higher his imagination made him
temporarily ignore the fact the outcome
is completely random and the odds are
50/50
simple our volunteers can bet one five
or ten dollars and whoever draws the
highest card wins the pot of course war
is just a simple game of chance so
simple it doesn’t feel like there’s much
room for imagination right so far our
volunteers have been going against Jim
strong the reigning war champion and the
bets have been low one dollar now our
volunteers are playing against Eugene
Roberts a novice and a nervous wreck so
one two and three again right will that
change the way people bet so uh first
first bet
Edna Mac’s betting the max is one two
three ha ha she lost that round so her
confidence must be shaken and she’ll
lower her bet right been – max wrong why
why do you keep betting the max
second.we but why is she so confident
even after losing that she continues to
bet big one two three
money have you caught on to the pattern
of bedding in this phase of the
experiment okay so ready play ten now
okay one two three
yes our volunteers kept betting the max
against Eugene alright Eugene I’m gonna
bet you the maximum ten Eugene I’m gonna
come out of the cave big ten bucks would
you do the same probably but why after
all war is a game of luck and Eugene has
as much a chance to win as Jim but your
brain doesn’t see it that way
betting again max
obviously intimidation has something to
do with it
Jim is pretty intense and Eugene I’m
sorry is Eugene which makes it easier to
imagine winning against him but our
participants imaginations are misleading
them in one key way in fact to show you
just how much their imaginations got the
better of them we’ll let you in on a
secret
now you may have already figured it out
Eugene Roberts and Jim strong are the
exact same guy that’s right
he’s an actor we hired to play both
parts and not only are our opponents the
same person as we said before war is a
game of chance it’s a 50/50 chance yet
time after time win or lose people bets
small against Jim I’m gonna stay at the
minimum and big against Eugene and the
reason has nothing to do with a game of
war and everything to do with their
brains when about the max again Eugene
which shows how your brain allows
perception to cloud your judgment he
came off kind of as weak and in that
situation I just felt was a great time
to bet higher his imagination made him
temporarily ignore the fact the outcome
is completely random and the odds are
50/50
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