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Note the question in the article is not the question in the HN title. It's « I'm told the Sun is a big hot ball! Awesome! I love balls! What color is the ball?
by mjw1007 6y ago
Note the question in the article is not the question in the HN title. It's « I'm told the Sun is a big hot ball! Awesome! I love balls! What color is the ball? ».
Under « Methods - Question design » in the article:
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The "ball" helps clarify intent - 'object, viewed from space', not 'eyeball observation made through atmosphere'.
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- ajross 6y agoThe title is from the article, not the HN submitter. Clearly "What color is the Sun?" reflects the question they want the reader to have in mind, not the specifics of the question they bury down at the end. So... I don't get it. Your point is that the article's interpretation is "right" because they purposefully designed the question to be confusing? Would you react the same way if you were reading an opinion poll that played the same trickery? I mean, if they wanted a "correct" answer, why didn't they just ask "what color is sunlight?"