MichaelVassar comments on Misleading the witness - Less Wrong

14 Post author: Bo102010 09 August 2009 08:13PM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 10 August 2009 03:20:08PM 11 points [-]

Sure; but it's posed as a hypothetical. The participants know there's no real money involved. Are their conscious selves unable to prevent a subconscious defense against being scammed?

Comment author: MichaelVassar 11 August 2009 05:47:43AM 4 points [-]

Most people don't really get hypotheticals. Even most high IQ people seem not to.