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jimbob
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by jimbob » Sat Jul 11, 2020 8:44 pm
Oh,
We found that participants’ social-distancing compliance at this initial stage could be predicted by individual differences in WM capacity, partly due to increased awareness of benefits over costs of social distancing among higher WM capacity individuals.
I suppose it's
possible that the methods and discussion does have some tests for that... but
Have you considered stupidity as an explanation
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by shpalman » Wed Jul 15, 2020 11:45 am
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I don't believe this is real, it's too perfect.
having that swing is a necessary but not sufficient condition for it meaning a thing
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Martin Y
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by Martin Y » Wed Jul 15, 2020 1:31 pm
"We think people who do stupid stuff may be stupid."
Okay. Great.
"Our data supports this hypothesis."
Ah. Data, you say?
"<Stuff about compliance versus working memory capacity>"
Working memory capacity. And you measured this how?
"Wanna subscribe to see the whole thing?"
Nope.
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Martin Y
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by Martin Y » Wed Jul 15, 2020 1:31 pm
shpalman wrote: ↑Wed Jul 15, 2020 11:45 am
IMG_20200715_134124_958.jpg
I don't believe this is real, it's too perfect.
Real sarcasm, I assume.
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by shpalman » Wed Jul 15, 2020 1:44 pm
Martin Y wrote: ↑Wed Jul 15, 2020 1:31 pm
"We think people who do stupid stuff may be stupid."
Okay. Great.
"Our data supports this hypothesis."
Ah. Data, you say?
"<Stuff about compliance versus working memory capacity>"
Working memory capacity. And you measured this how?
"Wanna subscribe to see the whole thing?"
Nope.
Who's calling them stupid I'm not calling them stupid. Just because they have a limitation in their mental capacity to simultaneously retain multiple pieces of information in working memory for rational decision making doesn't mean they're stupid.
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having that swing is a necessary but not sufficient condition for it meaning a thing
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