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Comment author: ciphergoth 20 August 2012 10:42:29AM 13 points [-]

I would explicitly say "The answer is yes for some but not all of these" - ie it's not a trick question where the answer is that they all worked, or none did.

Comment author: Desrtopa 20 August 2012 02:38:38PM 4 points [-]

Seconded; I didn't even try guessing because I didn't think that getting a score of correct answers was going to be the point.

Comment author: [deleted] 21 August 2012 09:42:45AM 0 points [-]

I did “just for fun”. (I got two of them right, in six of them I guessed no effect and there was some effect or vice versa, and in none of them I guessed a negative effect and there was a positive effect or vice versa.)

Comment author: [deleted] 20 August 2012 05:22:45PM 2 points [-]

I've edited the OP to include this.

Comment author: CronoDAS 20 August 2012 10:05:17PM 2 points [-]

cipergoth said that it should be emphasised that this isn't a trick question where the answer is they all worked none did.

I think there's a missing word there.

Comment author: ciphergoth 21 August 2012 03:38:52PM *  0 points [-]

Cool - thanks! First time I did this I kind of skimmed through, and only when I read the second one and saw that it was different from the first did I go back and try to make guesses, so it's helpful to know in advance.