Psychohistorian comments on The Bias You Didn't Expect - Less Wrong

92 Post author: Psychohistorian 14 April 2011 04:20PM

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Comment author: wedrifid 14 April 2011 05:06:59PM 4 points [-]

It turns out that legal realism is totally wrong. It's not what the judge had for breakfast. It's how recently the judge had breakfast.

Was that part of the study? Did they collect information about what the judges consumed for their meal? If it is, in fact, the meal that is important and not time since having a break then it would be somewhat surprising if what they ate was not an important factor. A meal higher in protein and fat has a nutritional impact over a far larger time period than a meal high in refined carbohydrates.

Comment author: Psychohistorian 14 April 2011 05:28:43PM 11 points [-]

No, the study did not address the effect of dietary choices, partly because that would be really, really, really hard to do. Chalk that statement up to artistic license.