Chocolate or Silver?

[taiyuu_otoko]

 

[zekko]

I love chocolate, but obviously the silver would be better.
I think people chose the chocolate because they figured the silver was fake.

 

[Desdinova]

If the silver was fake, you'd only lose out on a chocolate bar. People are dumb.

 

[zekko]

If the silver was fake, you'd only lose out on a chocolate bar. People are dumb.

The chocoloate bar is obviously real though. They probably think they would rather have a sure thing than a worthless hunk of metal.
It's not like 10 ounces of silver is going to change your life.

I like those metal bars though, they just look cool. They remind me of the bars of latinum used as currency on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

 

[taiyuu_otoko]

Same dude made another video where he offered people a genuine ounce of gold, for $10. Nobody took it. Then he walked across the street to a metal dealer and sold the gold for over a grand.

The point of the above video is that anybody who understands the value of silver to take the silver, find a place to sell it and get $140, but it might take a little bit of effort.

They probably think they would rather have a sure thing than a worthless hunk of metal.

That's the thing. Nobody actually asked to look at the silver, or asked if it was real. Since they didn't, I'm assuming they thought it was real, and assumed that real chocolate was a better bet than real silver.

 

[zekko]

That's the thing. Nobody actually asked to look at the silver, or asked if it was real. Since they didn't, I'm assuming they thought it was real, and assumed that real chocolate was a better bet than real silver.

Or they weren't confident in their ability to accurately identify real silver.
Or they were suspicious of the entire interaction - just like I am whenever I receive a flyer in the mail from the local car lot.

 

[taiyuu_otoko]

Or they weren't confident in their ability to accurately identify real silver.

I seriously if you did a proper survey and asked the average person, "which would you rather have, a pound of silver or a pound of chocolate," the most people would choose silver. I doubt the average person on the street has any idea that you can actually take a piece of silver somewhere and exchange it for money.

Or they were suspicious of the entire interaction

If that were true then none of them would accept the chocolate. The silver might be fake (assuming they knew what silver was) but why even TAKE the chocolate if it could be easily laced with poison?

If they were suspicious at all they would have just not taken either.

 

[sazc]

Silver, who needs those calories?!

 

[FairShake]

Probably fake. And if not who cares?

 

[Who Dares Win]

I'm not sure how to consider the outcome of the experiment.

It either shows that people is unable to postpone instant gratification for a bigger one later or they simply mistrust anyone around and pick whatever option they are sure is not scam.