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From my experience it seems to me that humans tend to output the best performance in a competition, with this I mean when they have to outperform an opponent (be it a single person or a team), rather than collaboration (solving a fixed problem together before a certain deadline).
That is only my anectdotal evidence though. Are there studies (if possible, more than one) that analyse whether performance is higher in competitions rather than collaborations? -- Pier4r ( talk) 19:31, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
Somewhat related, but I feel this is true with immune systems. If 1 of Snow White's 7 dwarfs got sick, he could stay in isolation and be sick. But if the other 6 intermingle with him and they all catch that sick, then the immune system of the 7 of them combined, has a stronger advantage when the sickness is divided amongst all of them, though with replication. And the reason I use the 7 dwarfs example is because they're all unemployed people, so if 1 person is sick, it benefits for them all to be sick. 67.165.185.178 ( talk) 20:17, 11 November 2021 (UTC).
Thank you for the pointers! And yes the measurement, as a user mentions, may only give a slight idea as there are many factors at play. -- Pier4r ( talk) 15:37, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
I remember something that I read about 20 years ago that transistor amplifiers provide a voltage whereas tube amplifiers provide a current. That doesn't make sense to me. Am I mis-remembering something, or is there some sense to it? Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 20:26, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
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From my experience it seems to me that humans tend to output the best performance in a competition, with this I mean when they have to outperform an opponent (be it a single person or a team), rather than collaboration (solving a fixed problem together before a certain deadline).
That is only my anectdotal evidence though. Are there studies (if possible, more than one) that analyse whether performance is higher in competitions rather than collaborations? -- Pier4r ( talk) 19:31, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
Somewhat related, but I feel this is true with immune systems. If 1 of Snow White's 7 dwarfs got sick, he could stay in isolation and be sick. But if the other 6 intermingle with him and they all catch that sick, then the immune system of the 7 of them combined, has a stronger advantage when the sickness is divided amongst all of them, though with replication. And the reason I use the 7 dwarfs example is because they're all unemployed people, so if 1 person is sick, it benefits for them all to be sick. 67.165.185.178 ( talk) 20:17, 11 November 2021 (UTC).
Thank you for the pointers! And yes the measurement, as a user mentions, may only give a slight idea as there are many factors at play. -- Pier4r ( talk) 15:37, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
I remember something that I read about 20 years ago that transistor amplifiers provide a voltage whereas tube amplifiers provide a current. That doesn't make sense to me. Am I mis-remembering something, or is there some sense to it? Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 20:26, 7 November 2021 (UTC)