moridinamael comments on Open Thread for February 18-24 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: moridinamael 19 February 2014 02:05:49PM 12 points [-]

Possibly insurmountable problem is that loads of people want to think that they are Tell or at least Ask but in practice they are actually Guess and you have no way of filtering for this. In my experience people are extremely bad at knowing "how they are" relative to other people.

Comment author: Pfft 19 February 2014 06:46:55PM *  7 points [-]

Perhaps the questions should give concrete scenarios. Something like

Ann needed to visit Chicago to go to a conference, and asked her friend Beth "Can I stay in your apartment Mon through Wed". Beth answered, "no, it's too much trouble to have a houseguest". Was Beth unreasonable?

and

Your friend Ann send you an email saying, "I need to go to Chicago for a conference, can I stay with you in your apartment Mon through Wed?" Is this an inconsiderate request?

Comment author: moridinamael 20 February 2014 01:56:12PM 2 points [-]

I suspect this works best if you avoid priming the test subjects on what they're going to be tested on, otherwise I think they will expend effort to seem extra-reasonable contra their natural impulse.

But, yes, good idea, I was way too quick to call it an insurmountable problem.

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