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Maybe if you are selected at "random" then you will always pick the extra cookie because you know you don't deserve it

Whereas if you "highest ranking" person you think you are deserving and expect more grace from yourself



Could very well be. And those are definitely interesting questions.

But what I find troubling is the massive extrapolation that happens next:

> This experiment helps to explain Wall Street bonuses and CEO pay, and I’m sure lots of other human behavior.

I'm not saying there is or there is not something wrong with CEO compensation. But doing an extrapolation to the scale of CEO pay is just nuts.

Would you step on an ant if somebody paid you 50 bucks? Ah then you could also be a hitman.




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