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In this chapter, first I reexamine the theory of trust discussed in the previous chapters from an evolutionary game theoretic perspective. In so doing, I show that the theory has a theoretical missing link. Finally, I present results of a series of experiments which show that such missing link can be filled with “social intelligence.”
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Footnote to the English edition. Details of this experiment have been published in detail as Study 1 in Yamagishi and Kosugi (1999).
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However, the two groups differed considerably in the cooperation rate and the level of general trust. The cooperation rate was 0.38 and the average level of general trust was 3.02 in Program A, while they were 0.53 and 3.64, respectively, in Program B. Thus, the correlation between general trust and estimation accuracy may have been generated by the fact that predominant majority of Program B, who were high trusters, estimated a high level of cooperation among their classmates which was actually high. In order to avoid this problem, accuracy of estimation was calculated as the unweighted average of the proportions of correct judgments for the actual cooperators and for the actual defectors.
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Translator’s footnote. Although fugu (globefish) is a delicacy many Japanese love to eat, it contains a deadly poison. Every year in Japan, several people die from eating inappropriately cooked globefish.
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Yamagishi, T. (2011). Trust as Social Intelligence. In: Trust. The Science of the Mind. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-53936-0_7
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