4 papers
Cooperation thrives when moral judgment matches moral conduct
Jorge Peña, Julian Garcia, Toby Handfield
A leading explanation for why humans cooperate with strangers is indirect reciprocity: when conduct is observed, individuals earn good reputations by cooperating with the deserving…
Can We Volunteer Out of the Peer Review Crisis?
Theo Tang, Toby Handfield, Julian Garcia
The volume of scientific manuscripts is growing faster than the capacity to evaluate them, yet the institutions that govern peer review have remained largely unchanged. The result…
The Evolution of Scientific Credit: When Authorship Norms Impede Collaboration
Toby Handfield, Kevin Zollman
Scientific authorship norms vary dramatically across disciplines, from contribution-sensitive systems where first author is the greatest contributor and subsequent author order ref…
Cooperative Dilemmas in Rational Debate
Toby Handfield, Julián Garcia, Christian Hilbe +1
As an epistemic activity, rational debate and discussion requires cooperation, yet involves a tension between collective and individual interests. While all participants benefit fr…