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38 Post author: sixes_and_sevens 26 April 2011 10:53AM

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Comment author: torekp 30 April 2011 02:09:37AM 1 point [-]

Long ago, I looked at some data on people's guesses in probability calibration exercises. Exercises like: how many eggs do Americans consume annually - write down a number such that you judge it X% probable the true number is less than or equal, and (100-X)% probable it is greater. I vaguely recall some such thing about the distribution of guesses. A very large number of guesses were many orders of magnitude too low, as well.