The modal expectation (in orange) is hyper-fair behavior, i.e., an equal split of the pot.
Remarkably, the fraction of people is very similar to the fraction of subjects expecting hyper-fair offers in our experiments.
The main result of our study is that the majority of people expect generous behavior with the modal prediction being the hyper-fair outcome; i.e., the equal split.
Hyper-fair behavior (50 50) is the modal expectation (in orange) across conditions; pure selfish behavior (in blue) is barely predicted.
It is very clear from the plots that, both in the aggregate and across conditions, subjects expect not only generosity (meaning positive donations), but large positive donations close to hyper-fair behavior from dictators, and that the distribution of guesses is roughly the same in all cases.
Among the Au of New Guinea, people sometimes reject "hyper-fair" offers that is offers over 50%.
Hyper-fair offers may be regarded as ostentatious or as trying to achieve some kind of dominance by making the recipient feel indebted.
In the U.S., a hyper-fair offer would be happily accepted, but the Au routinely reject such generosity; a similar pattern has been found in Russian and other former Soviet states (Herrmann et al., 2008).
Many middle-of-the-road people will also agree with his policy of making hyper-rich people and companies pay their fair share of tax, which could lessen the need for austerity.
The fair itself is a kind of hyper-sensorium of art and bodies," Harris said.
"How did you fair in the world's most hyper-capitalist culture?" I wonder.
