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DanielVarga comments on Low legibility of Cognitive Reflection Test dramatically improves performance? - Less Wrong Discussion

12 Post author: uzalud 08 November 2011 09:46AM

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Comment author: DanielVarga 09 November 2011 09:52:51AM 0 points [-]

I think barely legible letters send the following message: "WTF? Someone is screwing with me, I must be more careful. I must double-check everything." Frankly, I think the only use of this test would be to make it a part of a larger test, to measure the test subject's effort level.

Comment author: [deleted] 10 November 2011 03:17:05PM 4 points [-]

Idea: give people the test in a normal font, but with "BY THE WAY WE'RE SCREWING WITH YOU" written across the bottom.