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That's quite amazing, really. If, by rephrasing a question, one can remove a bias, then it makes sense to learn to detect poorly phrased questions and to ask better questions of oneself and others. This seems like a cheaper alternative than fighting one's nature with Bayesian debiasing. Or maybe the first step toward it.
I'm pretty sure this is one of the main areas Prof David Spiegelhalter is trying to cover with experiments like this one. He advises the British government on presenting medical statistics, and his work is worth a read if you want to know about how to phrase statistical questions so people get them more right.