Re: Fwd: The Urge to Punish Cheats: Not Just Human, but Selfless

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    On 10 Feb 2002, at 4:27, Ray Recchia wrote:

    > As discussed in the article a similar game was used to study human gift
    > giving and acceptance practices in 15 societies. There was a fair amount
    > of culture variation but it was found that people would consistently give
    > more than a pure logical analysis would suggest was correct.

    What did this "pure logical analysis" consist of?

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