Did Mike’s loss tell other people what not to do?
no
no
Is the following a reasonable description of the situation (Answer yes or no for each sentence):
Someone is doing research that involves human subjects and, to recruit volunteers, offers to pay them to participate.
Mike is one of these volunteers.
Part of what participants are asked to do is predict something.
Mike made a prediction that proved inaccurate.
This research is beneficial to a lot of people.
kk
Is he trying to do something better than a group of experts, or
A group of professionals, or
A group that has been designated, like all people otherwise doing ____.
NO
So, predictions are NOT made by the people in the game, correct?
Are they made by the researchers?
Would it be helpful to know what general subject field the researchers are studying?
If yes: Economics?
Psychology?
Health / medicine?
Politics / government?
Mathematics?
Arts / humanities?
Social science not mentioned above?
Natural science not mentioned above?
Other?
**CORRECTION: I have just realized that this event/game was only one time, not a regular event. I’m not saying they never did it again, but it was initially a one time thing.
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Does it have anything to do with placebos? i.e. Mike “lost” in that he didn’t get the real drug in a test?
Does Mike suffer from some sort of medical condition?
Psychological?
NO to everything here
Is the “game” a simulation of some sort?
Does it involve health insurance?
Other health-related economic or behavioral choices?
Are the researchers trying to predict what the other people involved in the game will do?
The researchers are using this “game” to make predictions about something that really is occurring. I suggest everyone start asking about things those in the game(like Mike) do in the game. I’ll start:
Does Mike roll dice in the game? NO
Does Mike fight anyone in the game? NO
etc…
Does Mike touch other individuals participating in the game?
Does he talk to the other individuals?
Are individuals in the game assigned different roles by the researchers, or are they all the same?
Do all of the individuals in the game do the same actions?
Are the individuals given anything by the researchers at any point in the game?
Was Mike “losing” representative of him experiencing a negative outcome if it was happening in real life instead of a game, eg. contracting a disease, dying, etc?
Is the game meant to demonstrate something statistically?
Does it have anything to do with vaccines? Birth control?
Does the game have to do with the players changing a behavior?
Stopping an addiction?
NO to both
Are the participants given a choice between a certain number of things?
NO
I want to move things a long on this one, so let me ask a helpful Q to push you guys.
Was everyone involved playing some kind of “hide-and-seek” game?
YES
Whatever the answer is. it’s going to be epic, because I’m stumped.
Where they hiding themselves?
Where they hiding some object in their persons?
Where they hiding some part of themselves?
Where they running from the opposition?
Again, this puzzle might be a bummer. I can literally never tell what is satisfying and what is not. We’ll continue, but I don’t want it to become laborious.