# In Games Where Everybody Wins, Nobody Does

*What I've Been Thinking About Lately #26*

By [WIBTAL](https://wibtal.com) · 2023-12-15

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Rewards are low in games where successful outcomes are of high likelihood. Getting an A in a Gender Studies class (which has a likelihood of 92% at Yale) is succeeding in principle, but failing at doing something worth doing.

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92% of grades in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies classes at Yale are A or A-, vs 55% in Mathematics. The math majors must just not be as smart. (Table via [@sfmcguire79](https://twitter.com/sfmcguire79).)

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