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bramflakes comments on On what rationality-related topic should I give a school presentation? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: bramflakes 07 May 2012 09:51:16PM 1 point [-]

After they get it wrong (they reliably will)

When I did my presentation before, a substantial fraction of the audience actually got the quasi-trick question about the breast cancer test probability correct.

Comment author: prase 08 May 2012 04:06:23PM 1 point [-]

substantial fraction

More than half?

Comment author: bramflakes 08 May 2012 05:24:07PM 0 points [-]

I don't remember, but less than half. Maybe a third.