The Experiment of Pairing, Ⅰ

Better and Better                                                                                                Day 16

      From today, we will use a classic experiment to find the Economics of Love in pairing between boys and girls. This experiment was written in the work of the famous economist of MIT, Dan Ariely’s The Upside of Irrationality. The experimenters searched for 100 college students, half of whom were boys and girls. Then they made 100 cards, and wrote 100 numbers from 1 to 100. Giving the 50 odd numbers cards for boys and 50 even numbers cards for girls, who don’t know their numbers, then pasting the cards behind their backs. The rules were followed : 1.They don’t know the biggest number is 100, and the smallest is 1; 2.They can speak at will, but they can’t tell each other’s number; 3. Find an opposite sex to maximum your sum.

      從今天開始，我們將用一個經典的實驗來發現男女配對中的戀愛經濟學。該實驗出自麻省理工學院著名經濟學家Dan Ariely的《The Upside of Irrationality》。實驗人員找來100位大學生，男女各半。然後製作了100張卡片，寫了從1到100的100個數字。技術的50張卡片給男生，偶數的50張卡片給女生。但他們並不知道卡片上的數字，然後把卡片貼在大學生的背後。規則如下：1.他們不知道最大數字是100，最小是1；2.大家可以說任何話，但不能把對方的編號告訴對方；3.找個異性配對，讓你們的總數最大。這就反映了局限認知、信息不對稱、最大期望這三個戀愛潛規則。   

                                                                                                            Sept.9th ,2018                                                                                                                    Bazhou.