Schrodinger, when not experimenting with cats, entertained himself by experimenting on rational men:
Choo and Png met and decided to compare the size of their wallets. Neither man knows how rich the other is. Schrodinger suggests that they play a simple game --- the poorer person gets to keep the contents of the richer person's wallet (along with his own money). Choo, ever so eager to assert himself as his own man, reasons that by playing the game, he stands to lose only his own money, but stands to win more than what he already has. Png, latching on to the same line of reasoning, exclaims "huat ah!" and joins in the fun.
The game should be fair by its symmetry, yet both men decided that it was to their advantage to play it. Who is right? I suppose we should take a vote?
Choo and Png met and decided to compare the size of their wallets. Neither man knows how rich the other is. Schrodinger suggests that they play a simple game --- the poorer person gets to keep the contents of the richer person's wallet (along with his own money). Choo, ever so eager to assert himself as his own man, reasons that by playing the game, he stands to lose only his own money, but stands to win more than what he already has. Png, latching on to the same line of reasoning, exclaims "huat ah!" and joins in the fun.
The game should be fair by its symmetry, yet both men decided that it was to their advantage to play it. Who is right? I suppose we should take a vote?
