&gt; <i>What are some such insights to be gained from the pirate example? What did we learn?</i><p>It&#x27;s a logic puzzle. We learned that the intuitive solution of having the first proposal be &quot;I don&#x27;t want any money, I just want to live&quot; is too conservative, and that there is a way better solution for the first pirate.<p>We didn&#x27;t gain any deep insight in how to split money between real people, since those cases seldom involve pure, unemotional logic.