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16 Post author: shminux 15 July 2015 06:41PM

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Comment author: V_V 15 July 2015 11:26:57PM 1 point [-]

A trained physicist's intuition is rather different from "human intuition" on physics problems, so that's unlikely.

So if you were to poll physicists about, say, string theory vs. quantum loop gravity, or about the interpretations of quantum mechanics, do you think there would be no order or framing effects? That would be quite surprising to me.

Comment author: shminux 15 July 2015 11:41:58PM 3 points [-]

I didn't realize that identifying "200 out 600 people die" with "400 of 600 people survive" requires quantum gravity-level expertize.

Comment author: Romashka 17 July 2015 05:51:32AM -1 points [-]

Maybe they just thought about it in vaguely Carrollian way, like 'if 200 of 600 people die, then we cannot say anything about the state of the other 400, because no information is given on them'?

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