{"id":354,"date":"2009-12-28T07:45:07","date_gmt":"2009-12-28T12:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/?p=354"},"modified":"2018-09-10T15:12:12","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T19:12:12","slug":"web-exclusive-video-human-spark-spite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/featured\/web-exclusive-video-human-spark-spite\/354\/","title":{"rendered":"Web-Exclusive Video: Human Spark = Spite?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Economic researchers are fond of a task they call the Ultimatum Game. They set up two volunteers who can work together to gain a reward \u2013 or not. One volunteer always has the option of not cooperating if the deal he is being offered doesn\u2019t seem fair. In this video, scientist Keith Jensen (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eva.mpg.de\/english\/press\/PMs_eng\/PM_Jensen_eng.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">bio PDF<\/a>) plays the game with Alan Alda and shows him the differences between how human beings and chimpanzees react to various offers. Keith\u2019s results suggest that a sense of fairness \u2013 and a willingness to be spiteful! \u2013 might be an important aspect of the human spark. <\/p>\n<p>Does Keith\u2019s view of altruism and its vindictive flipside ring true to you?<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-354-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/7\/files\/Jensen-for-Web.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/7\/files\/Jensen-for-Web.mp4\">https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/7\/files\/Jensen-for-Web.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Economic researchers are fond of a task they call the Ultimatum Game. They set up two volunteers who can work together to gain a reward \u2013 or not. 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