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I meant "did pretty well" in terms of not reacting with arrogance, that being what was actually being tested. The trope in play (what made it a story that you remember) was Fish Out Of Water.
(The way to make money as a busker is to, whatever your instrument, play the Beatles. Over and over. And over and over. And over and over. And over and over.)
I'm actually quite willing to believe that Silas remembered it because (he thought) it proved his theory.
For my part, I viewed it as a test of how well the average person can detect subtly presented costly signals when under distraction. (Answer: not very well.)
The detail I remembered most was how children would stop with interest, only to be dragged away by their hurried parents.
Not really. I remember it because it's fun watching people try to explain it away -- I get a new answer every time for why the highest cultural achievements get utterly ignored, at that must be a problem on the beholder's side.
Is that the standard you really want to go by? What children like?
Point. I suppose I mean "why they bothered to run the story." They weren't running it to expose Bell as a charlatan, they ran it as Fish Out Of Water.
Yeah :-D
Unfortunately, the distractibility of the people with the money is why busking for money involves Beatles. Lots of Beatles. More Beatles.