The Ultimatum Game | The Science of Empathy

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The Ultimatum Game | The Science of Empathy

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6 жыл бұрын

Julian is back with an all new season of The Science of Empathy! Twenty dollars is a lot of money...well, maybe not that much. But how much of that money would you be willing to share with another person? How would they feel if they were your spouse, cousin or maybe even a total stranger? On the premiere episode of The Science of Empathy, we investigate the ability to feel what others are feeling with a little game. We gathered strangers, couples, friends, and family alike for our premiere experiment in the Science of Empathy. What cut of the twenty dollars would you give away, when you consider someone else’s feelings?
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@towhatdegree 6 жыл бұрын

I'm really suprised more people didn't just give 10 dollars it seems like the most straight forward thing to do.

@elyranch1902 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah I feel the same, I don't understand how people had to think about it at all... If I was with the person, I'd give them all of it, cause "what's mine is yours" and I share money in my relationships anyway. If it was a stranger, or someone I'm not close to, I'd have given $10, we're both getting the same amount, why not??

@allanfaigao4677 4 жыл бұрын

Splitting $20 is easy. Now make it $20 million and things will get interesting.

@SpokenStuff 4 жыл бұрын

@@allanfaigao4677 that`s a very good point you are making. How would the amount at stake change the dynamics? I can imagine that for those couples that are wildly in love with each other (like those two girls) the amount would not change anything. You could probably put $2 billion on the table, and the result would be the same. However, if a relationship is driven by reason, tactics, powerplays ... the results could be vastly different and highly unpredictable, I guess.

@amimusic3 6 жыл бұрын

I'm really surprised more people didn't just split the money 50/50. That was my immediate reaction.

@lewisclark978 6 жыл бұрын

Ibno Zizou gay

@armadilloalien854 6 жыл бұрын

Same

@InternetMameluq 5 жыл бұрын

That's what I think too, but then I decided it's against the spirit of the excercise... it's an ultimatum, not a comprimise. In that vein, I'd offer 8 dollars. Extracting as much as I can while being sure that the offer is palatable.

@SpokenStuff 4 жыл бұрын

@@InternetMameluq I don't think it's against the spirit of the exercise. You can offer literally any amount that would be satisfactory to the other person and that is $0 to $20. My first thought was, that if I sat at the table, I'd probably go with 10/10 because it's fair for both sides and thus easy to accept. The variety of results came as a surprise to me, quite frankly.

@InternetMameluq 4 жыл бұрын

@@SpokenStuff That's not an ultimatum though, an ultimatum is unfair.

@supashyarc 6 жыл бұрын

*The old couple is so loving & adorable*

@nolitimeremessorem 6 жыл бұрын

This is actually an exercise in game theory that shows that we aren't purely rational beings. A purely rational person would accept any offer because you're better off with even just one dollar compared to nothing. I guess it's our sense of justice/fairness that tells us not to accept an offer we perceive as unfair even if it is objectively worse for us.

@Participant 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, very compelling perspective! Thank you for sharing!!

@PheonxD 6 жыл бұрын

Yes! We have a lot of human biases while negotiating and most times we just go with our gut feeling rather than rational thinking. And that's why maybe some day humans will be replaced by negotiating AI.

@k.a.3614 6 жыл бұрын

Meg Guzman but on the other hand, if we meet this person again they will remember that they can't do what they want with us. That might benefit us in the future.

@PandaLilyZK 6 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly. Those cousins were illogical. Also, how do you not like your cousin enough to split it 50/50? That's family, man.

@leatherback8 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, amazing to see such different reactions! And that couple who gave all 20 is so beautiful, nearly made me cry too. Both couples were very sweet actually

@dinofearme1 6 жыл бұрын

I almost cried too

@prestonmatthews725 6 жыл бұрын

Nearly. Well I guess someone was cutting onions around me as I was bawling.

@ninhbac04 6 жыл бұрын

I don't understand why people just don't offer an even amount. anything less is infair

@swisscorn 6 жыл бұрын

Especially between strangers. If it's between friends, it might pass off as a joke but if it's just strangers, that's 100% greed.

@jillfinkel 6 жыл бұрын

"That's my baby; I'll give her... anything." I'm crying at the love in her voice.

@kadiren11 6 жыл бұрын

The lesbian couple needs their own show, they are SO CUTE!!!

@randomname7546 6 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@caitlyn1131 6 жыл бұрын

They were on a show called stripped

@esomoi7197 6 жыл бұрын

I want a love like that lesbian couple's

@Participant 6 жыл бұрын

yesss don't we all

@sk8rgirlo 6 жыл бұрын

Relationship goals: newlywed lesbians!

@AisforAesthetic 6 жыл бұрын

I MISSED THIS SERIES!

@nontaliemorrow 6 жыл бұрын

This activity is actually an example of game theory which is more or less about rational/strategic decision making. I could see how it could potentially be related to empathy, but I don't think it's that tightly related. I was also hoping Julian would mention that empathy is different from sympathy because empathy means you are able to share in a person's feelings because you have experienced the same (or similar) thing that they currently are, while sympathy means you can be supportive/compassionate, but you can't exactly understand their feelings because you have not had that experience. Both are good to practice, but I think it's an important distinction to make.

@guywittamic 6 жыл бұрын

That younger married couple though!!! So sweet!

@B.Christine_W222 6 жыл бұрын

The Libra is always about balance 🤗

@lilyzemengist8091 6 жыл бұрын

B. Christine I'm a ♊ and I would have done exactly the same. The guy in the blue and the cousins are just wrong in my opinion.

@silverbracelet6 6 жыл бұрын

I would easily give my partner all the money because they gonna buy me dinner! 😂

@Participant 6 жыл бұрын

that's definitely one way to look at it! 😂

@TriciawiththeTRUTH 6 жыл бұрын

Agreed!!!

@ThePolaris07 5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@krautfroggy 4 жыл бұрын

You should have put a full stop, or period if you prefer, after the word money - and delete the rest of your comment. ;-)

@sonjasimmonds9221 6 жыл бұрын

What happened too equal shares?

@HaleKelsey1 6 жыл бұрын

I MISSED THIS SHOW SO MUCH

@ladylionXOX 6 жыл бұрын

The young couple literally broke my heart from all the feels!!!! WAY TOO ADORABLE!!!!

@TriciawiththeTRUTH 6 жыл бұрын

Julian! I love how you break facts down with such a caring and yet unbiased attitude. We definitely need more videos with you breaking awesome science down brotha!!! Peace, love, light and happiness to you and all the other Soul Pancakers :-D

@oliviapendergast1 5 жыл бұрын

I can't imagine keeping any of it unless I was literally hungry and had absolutely NO money!! You could make someones day for a lousy $20. Are we all really so starved for a few bucks? We all see how beautiful it was when the one woman gave her Love the whole amount... Nicely done.

@dylab5051 6 жыл бұрын

I love this style of video so much!

@Lisa84542 6 жыл бұрын

Love that Julian is back! :)

@mariah_7654 6 жыл бұрын

This is awesome!!! This video really highlights the fact that you don't have to go through what someone else is going through in order to feel the emotion that they feel. An argument I hear frequently from people who have a ton of privilege is that they don't know what it's like not to have it so they can't understand how someone without their same privillage would feel. That's sympathy and not as helpful as empathy. Connecting with emotions of others is hard.

@jippiedoe 6 жыл бұрын

Regardless of the precise definitions, this video was a bit of an eye-opener for me. There are definitely situations, most recently when I talk with and about gay people, where I find it much more logical to imagine what they are feeling than to imagine me being in the same positon. However, I'm sure that in more everyday situations, where I have been in the same position as the other person, I too often only look at how I felt or would feel, rather than how the other person is actually feeling about said position. After all, it's about the emotions that are actually being felt and not about the ones that would be 'logical' to feel. :)

@Participant 6 жыл бұрын

aah, that last sentence! great perspective, we really appreciate your your thoughts and ideas :)

@Faith-bx4ux 6 жыл бұрын

I'm sooo happy you're back again!

@neri4949 6 жыл бұрын

Omg yesssss I love those series ! So happy you created a new one 😍✌🏻

@Participant 6 жыл бұрын

and we're so happy you love it just as much as we loved making it!

@marsvideos6273 6 жыл бұрын

the gay couple was so cute! and they started crying at the same time i was like “same”

@caoimheevans9493 6 жыл бұрын

i am so happy that this is coming back!!

@TriciawiththeTRUTH 6 жыл бұрын

Me too! Me too!

@GabrielEze 6 жыл бұрын

such a fine episode. beautiful and gratifying insight.

@thebookishkhmerican4303 6 жыл бұрын

Julian! Your back! I love your "Science of ---" series! 😄👍

@kaycgrocks 6 жыл бұрын

6:22 they're so cute stooooop 😭

@mafeduor 6 жыл бұрын

I missed these videos so much

@Fin-Land 6 жыл бұрын

That was beautiful, both those couples who shared more with others

6 жыл бұрын

I really learned something insteresting today!

@Participant 6 жыл бұрын

So glad to hear it!

@GoogleAccount00 6 жыл бұрын

Dal Jaam what did you learn

6 жыл бұрын

Jello k. I learned that empathy could play a deep role in a process of making decisions that actually are gonna impact to people's happiness. It would be no more about putting yourself into people's position to make the choice they probably would make if they were in your place, but to make the right choice based on how they would feel out of your action.

@emilybell7984 Жыл бұрын

Please add real Closed Captions (auto-generated ones don't count) to make this accessible

@fennxfox6241 6 жыл бұрын

The lesbian couple was actual on a reality tv show called Stripped! They were just as adorable there!

@bigbang6382 6 жыл бұрын

We all are born with insecurities , when some mirror it and show some care about it....that's EMPATHY

@MatejVelican 6 жыл бұрын

The guy with 1$ theory is right. But not only about what he said. Here's another. If you gave them 21$ to share, I could almost guarantee almost 3/10 pairs would share it 2/3 to 1/3 in personal advance. And if you would have gave them that money - not telling them amount - and tell them to split 50/50... Who gets a dollar more?

@jessicamarinaro9699 6 жыл бұрын

Awww! Both the married couples were so cute

@Samuraiox 6 жыл бұрын

I missed this and caught it when I saw the second vid! Could you maybe put 'science of empathy' on the thumbnail so it does get lost in the sea of videos? Already enjoying these immensely

@Romy_880 6 жыл бұрын

For the next part series Soulpancake should do a series on 'The science of Hope and optimism' since it has already covered most of the other positive emotions.

@Fuar11 6 жыл бұрын

Normally I would go 50/50. But the Hawthorne Effect would kick in causing me to probably give all the money.

@sandragagain6310 11 ай бұрын

I wish they had also broken it down by the relationships people have with each other. Married people figure they already share that money. It is different in other relationships.

@ellakim6976 6 жыл бұрын

THE COUPLE WHO OFFERED $20 IS SO BEAUTIFUL.

@dannydasilva2540 6 жыл бұрын

Good to have you back 😉

@Krisberg00 6 жыл бұрын

LOVED this!

@lilliesnlilacs3582 6 жыл бұрын

I missed this series so much

@Participant 6 жыл бұрын

aah, didn't we all?! time to enjoy!

@mayursoowamber7549 3 жыл бұрын

Whatever the offer might be, the person accepting should take whatever is on offer as they will be better off. (S1 still better than $0). But a fun lil' video with great production value btw! :)

@mrlnxf8455 6 жыл бұрын

The old and the gay couple were so cute, I want this.

@Ninaful 6 жыл бұрын

i love this series so much

@TheGoldenwolf522 6 жыл бұрын

I dont think this is about empathy and more whats the least amount i can give this person so i dont lose the money so really its self preservation

@Participant 6 жыл бұрын

Perhaps that's the lesson of the experiment. Those who acted out of self preservation were not being as empathetic as those who took a moment to feel what the other person would feel receiving a certain amount of money.

@TheLolo8718 6 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I also think empathy could be studied both ways... the person accepting it would feel empathetic to the person that offered. The guy who got 8 dollars could be happy his friend got to keep 12. Where as the one that rejected the offer didn't have empathy towards his cousin.

@alexanderaguilar8864 2 жыл бұрын

well-done video!

@jamesbell1613 8 ай бұрын

If it's only 20 bucks you better offer me 10. 😂

@RichardWilkin Ай бұрын

I would say that the two with the 100% looked like infatuation rather than empathy. However, I'm still waiting to see a video about the science of empathy.

@blaisemarcc1172 3 жыл бұрын

One dollar is one dollar more than you had :-) This is emotion over logic.

@gerardoaguilera4689 6 жыл бұрын

I LOVE THIS !!

@TPainWhatitDo 8 ай бұрын

Playing with married couples or friends defeats the validity of the exercise. It only makes sense if it's between strangers who won't interact again

@captainwatercress 3 жыл бұрын

I love this

@ninab8437 6 жыл бұрын

That lesbian couple made me cry 😭❤️💕

@kung-fukennyfamily 6 жыл бұрын

Don't let this distract you from the fact that Eminem is back and his freestyle is dope🔥🔥🔥

@Participant 6 жыл бұрын

Haha Eminem is a dope artist. But maybe there's enough time in the day to watch both Eminem and SoulPancake ;)

@TriciawiththeTRUTH 6 жыл бұрын

I love your response SoulPancake :) Very empathetic and also dope

@Mari-ti2hv 3 жыл бұрын

The women at the end 🤧❤️

@elisabeththomas9272 6 жыл бұрын

This is so awesome. 😄❤

@melontreat0308 4 жыл бұрын

it should have been 19 dollars to make everything more spicy

@autumnscene 6 жыл бұрын

the married couples both were so lovely, i

@Ava-nz4kz 6 жыл бұрын

I LOVE THE NEWLYWEDS AHHHH THEYRE SO SWEET

@willardbouwmeester2607 6 жыл бұрын

Bob Marley would dislike this video and be like: 'Possession make you rich? I don’t have that type of richness. My richness is life, forever.'

@Everything-qk2lo 6 жыл бұрын

The two girls made me cry

@EllaEllaEh 6 жыл бұрын

If it was a stranger, I would have given $10. If it was someone I know, I would have given them $20.

@Fleetato 6 жыл бұрын

I’m swooning over the girl with the hat she’s gorgeous

@elyranch1902 6 жыл бұрын

If you're married/together, give them all of it (buy burgers together afterwards??), if you're strangers/have a meagre relationship, split it in half??

@esigra 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Therefore it was silly to include married couples in the experiment. But it created emotion porn which is popular content.

@youcan_change_handle_3june_ 3 жыл бұрын

im trying to find a video they put money in a box , jubilee vibe. not on this channel

@t-jizzyproductions 3 жыл бұрын

Had me and my girlfriend played this game i would have given her all the cash & she would have given me nothing & we would have won. She knows i hate carrying cash on me 😭😂 I’m not bad with my money, but i feel it goes a lot faster when you aren’t able to keep track of how much you’re spending 24/7. I don’t have it in me to keep a mental tab each time i spend. I like the simplicity of just checking my account 🤷🏾‍♂️😂

@hobbes296 6 жыл бұрын

I don't get it. Why wouldn't you accept it, you get nothing by turning it away. Also it really just makes sense to me to just split it 50/50. Also it was such a small amount of money, so there weren't any real stakes, so I think that probably influenced people here.

@lialiakicks 6 жыл бұрын

5:35 This Ultimatum Exchange made me very uncomfortable. ☹️ The guy in the blue shirt gave himself $12 and only offered $8 to the baseball cap guy which made him settle. It basically put the cap-wearing dude in a situation where HE HAD TO SETTLE FOR LESS (self-sacrifice) or both parties would lose which might tick off the other guy. Blue shirt guy... I don't know you, but that move seemed VERY SELFISH. 😑 In the future, please offer 50/50 so it's fair for BOTH PARTIES or be a generous gentleman and offer the other party MORE. #Done

@zamxit 6 жыл бұрын

lialiakicks I agree but also think about a perspective where the $20 was yours from the beginning, you’re giving away a sum of money from your own pocket for nothing in exchange to total stranger. That would change things wouldn’t it? It’d kinda be like well they should be grateful they’re getting any money at all, there’s no context behind the other person they’re literally just endangering your money (if you think of larger sums like thousands of dollars)

@swisscorn 6 жыл бұрын

zamxit To be honest, that perspective is very dangerous. Almost psychopathic... This game is more like an heritance that's available under certain conditions. Yes, the money is yours BUT you have to please the other player, therefore the money is not only yours.

@zamxit 6 жыл бұрын

jjspot It's true you have to consider the other person but what if we were talking about your life savings? You'd essentially be a hostage to their level of contentment because they have nothing to lose, only something to gain, whereas you only have something to lose. In the context of empathy the taker should be content with any amount; would you find it right to take half of someone's life savings when you really don't know them or deserve any of it? I'd say it's more psychopathic to gamble with someone's money with no risk at all than the giver's act of self preservation

@swisscorn 6 жыл бұрын

zamxit I think you are right that it's how you look at the money. If I had to divide the money, I would not think it as my money.

@Luca-hp8jx 4 жыл бұрын

I understand the point of this game, but why decline the other persons offer? It would make the most sense to accept any offer except for an offer of $0. Why? Because at least your getting a bit of money. My first thought if I was the person with money would be to offer $1. If the person isn't filled with spite, then they should understand the concept enough to accept the offer because at least they would get a dollar.

@thegreatestislove8604 4 жыл бұрын

How did the black and white guy know each other? Every other pair we knew their relationship to each other. This is important to me because I couldn’t figure out why the white guy was wanting more of the money. He made a big deal out of not feeling it was okay to give any more than he did.

@rikki2891 6 жыл бұрын

0:05 *I have a beard now*

@ktqt8544 6 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised more people didn't do a 50/50 split

@sesto194 6 жыл бұрын

why wouldn't you accept the money? 5 bucks are better than nothing

@auroraborealis675 6 жыл бұрын

Pride...ego

@MissPinkyLover101 6 жыл бұрын

Sesto194 because then the other person gets $15 and I only get $5. I’d rather we both suffer than they gain more than me. To take the $5 is settling.

@auroraborealis675 6 жыл бұрын

Ilovepancakes you would be hurting yourself because of your pride

@swisscorn 6 жыл бұрын

Mind Flowers There's pride and also unfairness. If you're the kind of person that would split it equally but you do not receive the same treatment, it would'nt be odd to refuse the deal.

@ikuyas5227 Жыл бұрын

They can just share the $20 later after the interview by giving $20. It is just an intelligence test rather than the empathy experiment.

@drdrogo8938 6 жыл бұрын

i think there were more people who gave 10 dollars but they did not put them because they wanted to show different reactions

@ihavegreatcomments8532 6 жыл бұрын

The science we learn in school never comes to use. Because how the flying fk am I gonna use the DNA and the way a leaf work to pay my rent every month?

@dylab5051 6 жыл бұрын

wiik wiik Lol

@MinecraftThorHammer 6 жыл бұрын

It would help pay rent if you wanted to become a scientist studying plants or DNA

@krautfroggy 4 жыл бұрын

Change your nickname, coz inappropriate as of today. ;-)

@KING20007009 6 жыл бұрын

If the guy in the coat flapped his ears. He could probably fly away.

@Lgisas 6 жыл бұрын

I’m having trouble seeing the difference between both emotions. I felt like all the participants were being empathetic.

@polaricecaps10 6 жыл бұрын

The lesbian couple are so cute. I cried. Probably because of my emotional bias towards gay people lmao.

@laluna922 6 жыл бұрын

Oh man the lesbian couple was so insanely cutr

@sevdea2768 6 жыл бұрын

Can I add Turkish subtitle to your videos??

@comradetrip5958 Жыл бұрын

But what is the Nash equilibrium?!?!

@sumdorian 6 жыл бұрын

Why didn't they give 50/50? Was that not allowed?

@nonewillpassscapegoat2659 5 жыл бұрын

Guys, who is else here by the recommendation/reference of Yuval Noah Harari?

@racheljilek964 6 жыл бұрын

Someone give me a relationship like that lesbian couple's! They were so sweet 😭

@auroraborealis675 6 жыл бұрын

I wish you could just subscribe to a certain series on a channel and not have to subscribe to every video the channel puts out. I wanna follow this series, but I don't want a notification every time they upload any video.

@thinthle 6 жыл бұрын

The two wifes are relationship goals honestly

@HentaiSweetie 2 жыл бұрын

Why would anyone say no to any offer? Even if it's just $1 it's more money than if they said no. Also, how cute was that lesbian couple? 🥰

@lillianmorris871 6 жыл бұрын

I’d give 10 dollars equal share

@vivylovatic1327 6 жыл бұрын

OH MYGOOOOD THE GIRL WHO GAVE HER WIFE THE WHOLE 20$ I WANT A LOVE LIKE THAT

@khandarwilliam5439 4 жыл бұрын

it's free money either way

@zamxit 6 жыл бұрын

Empathy is only relevant because they have a relationship with the recipient right? Since the recipient would feel some entitlement for their personal relationship? If they were a total stranger the empathy focus would shift to the recipient rather than the giver wouldn’t it? I feel like in a situation where the money is yours from the beginning and the recipient is a total stranger, the recipient should be scrutinised for empathy because they should realise they’re taking money from someone and shouldn’t expect much/should be grateful they’re getting any (as they aren’t entitled to any), instead of endangering the other person’s money. If they possess high empathy they would know not to take so much of someone’s money, and would accept anything as they wouldn’t want the person to lose anything. In the vid, even if the giver offered more it’s really just a means to safeguard their own possessions, since they are considering what amount will appease the other party before they lose everything. It’s determining a Nash equilibrium based on judgement of the recipient’s character and predicted satisfaction level rather than a test of one’s empathy, no? I don’t see how empathy is relevant when there is no context behind the recipient (like struggling, homeless etc), and if they were a total stranger empathy seems further out of the equation. It’s more of a judgement of how selfish/empathetic the other person is rather than how selfish/empathetic the giver is.