That might've been me.  In fact, it's something i'd love to do if only i could free up more time.

I recall someone suggesting that a PhD student in experimental or behavioral econ should study SN as part of their dissertation. *That* could be a worthwhile pursuit.

Undisciplined

Yeah, I was mostly joking anyway.  If you *could* solve it, it would certainly be a paper worth publishing!


SimpleStacker

Incentivizing Downzapping

Someone suggested that a long time ago. Was it you?

I don't think it's possible because altruism doesn't conform to our incentive models. I also think @k00b has made a game that is well beyond my ability to analyze: there's a Keynesian Beauty Contest at the heart of it, for Christ's sake.

How do you optimally punish people for submitting low quality choices to a Keynesian Beauty Contest? That sounds like a nightmare 1st year PhD exam question.