WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.589 --> 00:00:01.986 - Hey! It's Yessica. 00:00:01.986 --> 00:00:04.291 Would you sell out your friends to make a quick buck? 00:00:04.291 --> 00:00:06.197 Are we hard-wired to be selfish? 00:00:06.197 --> 00:00:08.320 I don't know. Let's hit the streets and find out. 00:00:08.320 --> 00:00:13.320 (upbeat techno music) 00:00:16.490 --> 00:00:17.811 - [Voiceover] You and another person have just been caught 00:00:17.811 --> 00:00:19.492 after a recent crime spree. 00:00:19.492 --> 00:00:21.671 The detectives on the case have put you 00:00:21.671 --> 00:00:23.545 each in a room for interrogation. 00:00:23.545 --> 00:00:25.819 The detectives give you two options: 00:00:25.819 --> 00:00:26.990 You can snitch on your partner, 00:00:26.990 --> 00:00:30.187 giving them three years in prison, but you go scot-free, 00:00:30.187 --> 00:00:33.677 or you can stay quiet and spend one year in the slammer. 00:00:33.677 --> 00:00:35.655 Your partner in the other interrogation room 00:00:35.655 --> 00:00:39.043 is given the same two options with the same outcomes. 00:00:39.043 --> 00:00:41.724 If you both snitch on one another, you both get two years, 00:00:41.724 --> 00:00:43.494 since you cooperated with the cops, 00:00:43.494 --> 00:00:46.070 yet are both still guilty of the crime. 00:00:46.070 --> 00:00:48.549 This leaves you with four possible outcomes. 00:00:48.552 --> 00:00:51.094 If you both stay quiet, everyone benefits from spending 00:00:51.094 --> 00:00:53.815 the least amount of time combined in prison. 00:00:53.815 --> 00:00:55.807 But, do you trust your partner to make 00:00:55.807 --> 00:00:57.922 the same selfless decision? 00:00:57.929 --> 00:01:00.665 We went to the street to see how people would react, 00:01:00.665 --> 00:01:03.887 but instead of prison time, we offered them cold, hard cash. 00:01:03.887 --> 00:01:05.342 So what would you do? 00:01:05.342 --> 00:01:07.208 Snitch or stay quiet? 00:01:07.208 --> 00:01:08.259 - My name's Yessica. What's yours? 00:01:08.275 --> 00:01:08.949 - Catherine. 00:01:08.949 --> 00:01:09.611 - Hi Catherine. 00:01:09.611 --> 00:01:10.191 - Susan. 00:01:10.191 --> 00:01:12.931 - Hi Susan. Ok, how do you guys know each other? 00:01:12.954 --> 00:01:13.568 - From work. 00:01:13.568 --> 00:01:14.544 - Cool. Do you guys like each other? 00:01:14.544 --> 00:01:15.959 - Yeah. - Yeah. 00:01:15.959 --> 00:01:17.725 - Yeah? You guys are decent, cool. 00:01:17.725 --> 00:01:19.279 So you guys are brothers, right? 00:01:19.279 --> 00:01:20.064 - Correct. 00:01:20.064 --> 00:01:21.463 - Do you think Robbie's a good person? 00:01:21.463 --> 00:01:22.787 - Mmm... 00:01:22.787 --> 00:01:24.901 - Ok, do you think Stephanie over here's a good person? 00:01:24.901 --> 00:01:25.653 - I love her! 00:01:25.653 --> 00:01:26.966 - We're gonna play a game, you guys ready? 00:01:26.966 --> 00:01:27.699 - Yup. 00:01:27.769 --> 00:01:29.427 - We're gonna pretend you guys did something, 00:01:29.427 --> 00:01:31.522 you guys stole something, ok? 00:01:31.528 --> 00:01:33.917 And you guys are both being interrogated. 00:01:33.931 --> 00:01:36.362 If one of you snitches and the other one doesn't, 00:01:36.362 --> 00:01:38.777 one of you gets three dollars. 00:01:38.784 --> 00:01:41.065 But if you both snitch, 00:01:41.065 --> 00:01:42.712 you both only get one dollar. 00:01:42.730 --> 00:01:45.293 But if no one snitches, you both get two dollars. 00:01:45.296 --> 00:01:46.632 Does that make sense to you guys? 00:01:46.632 --> 00:01:47.380 - Ok. 00:01:47.380 --> 00:01:49.648 - I need you guys to stand back to back. 00:01:49.649 --> 00:01:50.983 Write down what you're gonna do. 00:01:50.983 --> 00:01:53.781 If you snitch on your brother or if you don't. 00:01:53.783 --> 00:01:55.054 One, two, three, go. 00:01:55.054 --> 00:02:00.054 (upbeat jazz music) 00:02:00.736 --> 00:02:02.357 In three, you guys are gonna show each other. 00:02:02.357 --> 00:02:05.711 One, two, three. 00:02:07.071 --> 00:02:08.088 - Never! 00:02:09.467 --> 00:02:11.249 - (both laugh) Yay! 00:02:12.008 --> 00:02:15.407 - All right. You guys are good brothers. 00:02:15.407 --> 00:02:16.276 Good job. 00:02:16.277 --> 00:02:17.449 - So we're not gonna rat on each other. 00:02:17.449 --> 00:02:18.237 - Good. 00:02:18.237 --> 00:02:19.393 - [Voiceover] The people on the street were all 00:02:19.393 --> 00:02:20.600 being very nice. 00:02:20.600 --> 00:02:22.480 So we decided to raise the stakes 00:02:22.480 --> 00:02:24.219 to see if that would change anything. 00:02:24.987 --> 00:02:26.218 - How do you guys know each other? 00:02:26.218 --> 00:02:27.394 - We're dating. - We're dating. 00:02:27.394 --> 00:02:29.318 - Ooh, fun. How long have you guys been dating? 00:02:29.988 --> 00:02:30.883 - A few days. 00:02:30.883 --> 00:02:31.936 - A few days. - A few days? Cool. 00:02:31.937 --> 00:02:33.205 - A long time. 00:02:33.205 --> 00:02:34.335 - Pretty dope. 00:02:35.665 --> 00:02:37.928 - Are you gonna take the money and run? 00:02:40.997 --> 00:02:42.896 And then, on the count of three, show each other. 00:02:42.896 --> 00:02:44.230 One, two, three. 00:02:45.017 --> 00:02:46.075 - (both laugh) 00:02:46.418 --> 00:02:48.270 - (both laugh) 00:02:48.270 --> 00:02:49.998 - Yeah! 00:02:50.008 --> 00:02:50.859 - Wooo! 00:02:50.859 --> 00:02:52.263 - Wait, does this mean we get money? 00:02:52.281 --> 00:02:53.186 - [Voiceover] Even with higher stakes, 00:02:53.186 --> 00:02:55.295 most of the contestants preferred to go with the prize 00:02:55.295 --> 00:02:56.547 that benefits the group. 00:02:57.313 --> 00:02:58.451 - Mutually advantageous. 00:02:58.451 --> 00:02:59.722 - Yes, mutually advantageous. - And we've know each other 00:02:59.722 --> 00:03:00.866 a long time, we went to school together. 00:03:00.905 --> 00:03:02.315 - How long have you guys known each other? 00:03:02.315 --> 00:03:02.934 - Like three years? 00:03:02.934 --> 00:03:03.535 - Three years. 00:03:03.535 --> 00:03:04.122 - Ok. - Yeah. 00:03:04.122 --> 00:03:04.592 - Yeah. 00:03:04.592 --> 00:03:05.909 - So you guys have been friends for awhile. 00:03:05.909 --> 00:03:08.639 - Right. So, you know... - Cool. 00:03:08.639 --> 00:03:09.738 - We're bam. - So yeah. 00:03:09.738 --> 00:03:11.074 - [Voiceover] So far, everyone who's played 00:03:11.074 --> 00:03:12.341 knew each other beforehand. 00:03:12.341 --> 00:03:13.002 Let's see what happens 00:03:13.002 --> 00:03:15.340 when we grab two complete strangers. 00:03:15.340 --> 00:03:15.962 - Bobby. 00:03:15.962 --> 00:03:16.520 - Hi, Bobby. 00:03:16.520 --> 00:03:17.635 - Aermome. 00:03:17.635 --> 00:03:19.313 - Aer-- wow. - Wow! 00:03:19.313 --> 00:03:20.257 - (laughs) 00:03:20.257 --> 00:03:21.007 - Ok, perfect. 00:03:21.007 --> 00:03:22.411 And here's your pen. 00:03:22.411 --> 00:03:24.739 And on the count of three, I want you to write on the board 00:03:24.739 --> 00:03:26.801 whether you would snitch on the random person 00:03:26.801 --> 00:03:27.997 you just met. 00:03:27.997 --> 00:03:32.968 (soft rhythmical drumming) 00:03:32.968 --> 00:03:34.572 Ok, so in the count of three, 00:03:34.572 --> 00:03:35.996 I want you to show the camera. 00:03:35.996 --> 00:03:37.109 One, two, three. 00:03:37.974 --> 00:03:38.849 - I'm ashamed! 00:03:38.856 --> 00:03:40.209 - And now, show each other. 00:03:40.632 --> 00:03:41.752 - (both laugh) 00:03:42.699 --> 00:03:44.028 - Perfect! We're both snitches. 00:03:44.439 --> 00:03:45.490 - You guys would both snitch? 00:03:45.492 --> 00:03:46.400 - Yeah. - Yeah. 00:03:46.401 --> 00:03:47.512 - I thought about it.. 00:03:47.512 --> 00:03:48.142 - Yeah. 00:03:48.142 --> 00:03:50.983 - And I don't know him, and he committed a crime, so... 00:03:50.983 --> 00:03:52.722 - Yeah. I wanna protect my own life. 00:03:52.722 --> 00:03:55.793 - It's just not that... 00:03:55.793 --> 00:03:56.539 I mean-- - Emotional. 00:03:56.539 --> 00:03:57.019 - Yeah. - Yeah. 00:03:57.019 --> 00:03:58.121 I don't have that emotional connection to you. 00:03:58.121 --> 00:03:58.938 - There you go. 00:03:58.938 --> 00:04:00.101 - [Voiceover] So why were people more likely to 00:04:00.101 --> 00:04:01.845 cooperate with people that they knew? 00:04:01.845 --> 00:04:02.794 I'm not a psychologist, 00:04:02.794 --> 00:04:05.064 but it could be because humans are social beings. 00:04:05.068 --> 00:04:07.369 We tend to cooperate when we believe the payoff 00:04:07.369 --> 00:04:08.839 is not worth the potential risk. 00:04:08.839 --> 00:04:11.256 It's possible that we view the risk as higher when 00:04:11.256 --> 00:04:12.034 playing against someone we know because 00:04:12.034 --> 00:04:14.669 there's a chance of it hurting our relationship. 00:04:14.669 --> 00:04:16.266 But what if the prize was a hundred? 00:04:16.266 --> 00:04:17.346 Two thousand? 00:04:17.357 --> 00:04:18.820 Or six million dollars? 00:04:19.696 --> 00:04:21.920 How much money would it take to sell out your friends? 00:04:23.191 --> 00:04:25.107 - I love him for fifteen, I love him for twenty-five, 00:04:25.107 --> 00:04:26.321 I love this guy too much. - Twenty? 00:04:26.321 --> 00:04:27.571 - No! - No, not twenty either! 00:04:27.571 --> 00:04:29.220 - We know each other too well. - Hundred? 00:04:29.220 --> 00:04:31.109 - Ooh, a hundred, I dunno... - (laughs) 00:04:31.109 --> 00:04:32.808 Wow! What?! 00:04:32.808 --> 00:04:34.277 - I dunno, a hundred, that's ten times 00:04:34.277 --> 00:04:35.758 what I won today, sir. 00:04:36.030 --> 00:04:37.875 - It's here! It's here, it's here! 00:04:37.875 --> 00:04:39.909 - (all) It's here! 00:04:39.909 --> 00:04:41.245 - It's here. - It's here. 00:04:41.245 --> 00:04:42.589 - Get it! - Get it! 00:04:42.589 --> 00:04:44.552 - There! - There! 00:04:44.552 --> 00:04:46.269 - I think they got it. Get it! - Yeah! 00:04:46.269 --> 00:04:47.431 - Yeah, you get it. 00:04:47.431 --> 00:04:49.062 - It's here!