Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Seat Up or Seat Down?

I'm a proud seat-putter-downer and occasional pee-sitting-downer and now there is scientific proof supporting my stance... err... seat:

The Science Creative Quarterly » THE SOCIAL NORM OF LEAVING THE TOILET SEAT DOWN: A GAME THEORETIC ANALYSIS:

"Discussion and conclusions

For “mankind”, the analysis in this paper has the following appeal: Once again, it has been found that the social norm of leaving the toilet seat down is inefficient; hence, “mankind” may feel vindicated.

For “womankind”, the analysis in this paper is appealing for the following reason: It has been shown that the social norm of leaving the seat down is a trembling-hand perfect equilibrium. Hence, this norm is not likely to go away, at least in the near future."

"Seat Up" may be more efficient, but "Seat Down" results in a more natural social balance.

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