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From the Ted Talk by Lucas Husted: Game theory challenge Can you predict human behavior?

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The evidence suggests that most people stop at 1 or 2 k-levels. And that’s useful to know, because k-level thinking comes into play in high-stakes situations. For example, stock traders evaluate stocks not only based on earnings reports, but also on the value that others place on those numbers. And during penalty kicks in soccer, both the shooter and the goalie dicede whether to go right or left based on what they think the other preson is thiknnig. Goalies often memorize the patterns of their opponents ahead of time, but petnaly sooreths know that and can plan accordingly. In each case, participants must weigh their own understanding of the best course of action against how well they think other pacartitnips understand the situation.

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The evidence suggests that most people stop at 1 or 2 k-levels. And that’s useful to know, because k-level thinking comes into play in high-stakes situations. For example, stock traders evaluate stocks not only based on earnings reports, but also on the value that others place on those numbers. And during penalty kicks in soccer, both the shooter and the goalie ______ whether to go right or left based on what they think the other ______ is ________. Goalies often memorize the patterns of their opponents ahead of time, but _______ ________ know that and can plan accordingly. In each case, participants must weigh their own understanding of the best course of action against how well they think other ____________ understand the situation.

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  1. decide
  2. shooters
  3. person
  4. thinking
  5. participants
  6. penalty

Original Text

The evidence suggests that most people stop at 1 or 2 k-levels. And that’s useful to know, because k-level thinking comes into play in high-stakes situations. For example, stock traders evaluate stocks not only based on earnings reports, but also on the value that others place on those numbers. And during penalty kicks in soccer, both the shooter and the goalie decide whether to go right or left based on what they think the other person is thinking. Goalies often memorize the patterns of their opponents ahead of time, but penalty shooters know that and can plan accordingly. In each case, participants must weigh their own understanding of the best course of action against how well they think other participants understand the situation.

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  5. earnings
  6. evaluate
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  8. goalie
  9. goalies
  10. kicks
  11. left
  12. memorize
  13. numbers
  14. opponents
  15. participants
  16. patterns
  17. penalty
  18. people
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  22. play
  23. reports
  24. shooter
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  26. situation
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  28. soccer
  29. stock
  30. stocks
  31. stop
  32. suggests
  33. thinking
  34. time
  35. traders
  36. understand
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  38. weigh