Oh shit, what do?

he's teaching prisoner's dilemma

i.e.

98%+2%=100%
v
67%+6%=74%

It all depends on how you see the question and whether or not you see grades as competitive.

"Gaining 2 points" is actually falling behind someone else by 4 points
"Gaining 6 points" is actually outscoring 90% of the class by 4 points

From this autistic, hyper-competitive worldview, going for 6 obviously dominates going for 2

>"Gaining 6 points" is actually outscoring 90% of the class by 4 points
No, it's getting 0 points while everyone else gets zero as well. But for people with crab mentality that's better than getting 2 when someone else gets 6

t. retard who can't pass classes without extra credit

>repeating exactly what he said trying to sound contrarian
faggot. many classes are graded on a curve, where top is A+ and it goes down from there. in those classes it's objectively better to pick 6. that's the whole point of the post

I'd rather get 0 than someone else to get undeserving 4 points more than me. I'd choose 6 just to "sabotage" it, so everyone gets the points they deserve in the fucking first place.

>No, it's getting 0 points while everyone else gets zero as well.
But this can (and probably will) still happen, even if you choose to settle for 2 points.

>crab mentality
It's not crab mentality. It's competition.

Why would they differ?

Because American professors do this thing when they grade on a curve, so if you get 2 points and someone 6 you're literally worse off then if everybody got 0 extra points. It's ridiculous but that's how many professors are.
Crab mentality would be if they didn't grade on a curve.