Nice guys finish first
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Nice guys finish first |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1986 |
| length | 45 minutes |
| Rod | |
| script | Richard Dawkins |
| production | Jeremy Taylor |
| camera | Martin Patmore |
| cut | Paul Rapley |
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Richard Dawkins | |
Nice Guys Finish First is a British television documentary published by Richard Dawkins in 1986 and broadcast on the BBC. Dawkins also leads the film as an interviewer and narrator. It describes the effects of evolution on altruistic behavior. Game theory , the principle of “ tit for tat ” and the prisoner's dilemma are dealt with and explained . The twelfth chapter in Dawkins book The Selfish Gene is also called Nice Guys Finish First and explains something similar to the film.
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In the first scene the film compares the behavior in free capitalism with duels in the animal kingdom. Margaret Thatcher is also shown. In the beginning, Richard Dawkins responds to the criticism that was made of his first book The Selfish Gene . In particular, he criticizes how conservatives and right-wing radicals use these scientific findings as a justification for social Darwinism and laissez-faire politics in capitalism.
The concept of inverse altruism is a central topic of this documentation. Dawkins also examines the tragedy of the commons . He illustrates this theory using the example of Port Meadow, Oxford. He illustrates the ideas of game theory by having 14 academics take part in a tournament with their own computer programs. The winner was the participant who followed the principle of tit for tat . The main principles of this were explained by Dawkins:
- Unless provoked, the player will always work with others.
- If provoked, the player will strike back.
- The player is quick to forgive.
- The player must have a good chance of competing against the opponents several times.
In a second attempt with over sixty applicants, Tit for Tat won again. Dawkins also illustrates the “Tit for Tat” principle in a football game: On the last day of the English Football League First Division 1976/77 , Sunderland , Bristol and Coventry (all tied) were threatened with relegation. Both games took place with a time delay of five minutes. After it was a tie between Coventry and Bristol and it was learned that Sunderland had lost, Bristol and Coventry agreed to move the ball back and forth without motivation and thus prevent relegation.
Web links
- Nice Guys Finish First in the Internet Movie Database (English)