Obscuring the truth can promote cooperation

(University of Pennsylvania) Obscuring the truth can promote cooperation, according to new research by theoretical biologists from the University of Pennsylvania. Inspired by the example of the file-sharing platform Napster, they show that overstating the level of cooperation in a community can push the community to cooperate more overall.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news