[CQ-Contest] Cheating

[Zack Widup]

I think it's human nature for SOME people to cheat. I'd guess it's not more
than 20%.

73, Zack W9SZ


On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 2:43 AM, David Gilbert <xdavid at cis-broadband.com>
wrote:

>
> I'm not in favor of inspectors, mostly because I don't think they are at
> all practical.  But the problem isn't going to go away ... it's human
> nature to cheat.  Seriously --- there have been lots of studies on the the
> topic of cheating and what variables make people more likely to cheat under
> what circumstances and Radiosport happens to have a majority of those
> factors.  Out of pure curiosity I once did some casual research on the
> subject and even (per his request) sent a summary to Randy, K5ZD when he
> was doing a rules review some time ago.
>
> You can believe me or not, but I'm telling you that we're wired to cheat
> in competitive environments, or when something of perceived value (time,
> money, glory, gratification, etc) is at stake.  I could give several
> everyday examples that would make almost all of us take pause.  We simply
> are not inherently honest.  Even our "morality" mostly boils down to
> learned and ingrained social pressures.  Lots of hams seem to think that
> humans are fundamentally honest and that the urge to cheat is some sort of
> aberration.  From an anthropological point of view, it's the other way
> around.
>
> There may be a way to come up with a contest format without cheating, but
> it won't be because people didn't try.
>
> 73,
> Dave   AB7E
>
>
>
> On 8/21/2016 2:38 PM, Ron Notarius W3WN wrote:
>
>>
>> Solve the real problem, and the need for inspectors ought to go away.
>>
>> So how do you solve the real problem?
>>
>> 73, ron w3wn
>>
>
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