Two people have to share a cake. The reasonable person asks for half the cake, the unreasonable person asks for the whole cake. They compromise and split the difference - the reasonable person gets quarter of the cake and the unreasonable person gets three quarters.
Quite often people get more in life simply by expecting more than their fair share - and it works as most of us are reasonable.
This is a variation of the famous question used to judge the level of testosterone in men in regards to "alpha" behaviour.
Apparently most people would be ok with at least a 20% share, getting less than that and they will demand nobody gets any cake.
The more testosterone in your blood, the bigger share you demand. So for example an average guy will want 50% to 60% of the cake, whereas a more alpha male will demand 75% and get away with it because the threshold for "no deal" is 80%.
What this teaches us is: Ask for as much as you can get away with even if it feels utterly wrong.
> This is a variation of the famous question used to judge the level of testosterone in men in regards to "alpha" behaviour.
As long as they're not smart enough to be self-aware of their own bullshit, for then they should treat other people fairly no matter how big and hairy a fucking ape they are.
It's funny how you applied this to a completely different context from whence it came. This is actually how the Talmud prescribes disputes should be resolved -- it's called the "contested garment" rule.
If you didn't want to eat more than a quarter of it in the first place, maybe you don't care if the other guy has 3/4. Eating 3/4 of a whole cake isn't really fun by the end of it - ever read Matilda when you were young?
