Interesting study on honesty. Researchers dropped 17,000 wallets to see

Jul 12, 2019
9:10:52am

crazY All-American

what would happen to the wallets. Wallets with money inside them are more likely to be returned than wallets without money inside them.

NPR.org

What Dropping 17,000 Wallets Around The Globe Can Teach Us About Honesty

Scientists used "lost" wallets to test whether people are more likely to be dishonest when they might profit. The results were puzzling — so they put more money in the wallets.

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/20/734141432/what-dropping-17-000-wallets-around-the-globe-can-teach-us-about-honesty

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Interesting study on honesty. Researchers dropped 17,000 wallets to see

crazY

7/12/19 9:10am

Results by country

Indy Coug

7/12/19 9:15am

My FIL dropped his wallet in DC. He got it back, but not the money. . .

CougBlu

7/12/19 9:18am

Finders fee.

JuicyJam

7/12/19 9:20am

True. He was more concerned about his ID than the money.

CougBlu

7/12/19 9:21am

Lol @ Mexico

LiveCoug

7/12/19 9:19am

China, that's not a good look.

Coach's Dad

7/12/19 10:12am

Hopefully they publish their data with coordinates of wallet drop

Pony Zale

7/12/19 9:20am

Emo Philips sums it up best:

What Dropping 17,000 Wallets Around The Globe Can Teach Us About Honesty

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