Strategic disinformation outperforms honesty in competition for social influence

Summary: Competition for social influence is a major force shaping societies, from baboons guiding their troop in different directions, to politicians competing for voters, to influencers competing for attention on social media. Social influence is invariably a competitive exercise with multiple inf...

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Main Authors: Ralf H.J.M. Kurvers, Uri Hertz, Jurgis Karpus, Marta P. Balode, Bertrand Jayles, Ken Binmore, Bahador Bahrami
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-12-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004221014760