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But what about the mundane explanation? It's not about imagination but motivation. When people are asked a question, they generally assume that a "stupid" an
by bhk 4y ago
But what about the mundane explanation? It's not about imagination but motivation.
When people are asked a question, they generally assume that a "stupid" answer is not what is desired.
Where is the nearest grocery store? "Earth."
How can your phone be worse or better? "It could not work."
There are endless ways, most of them uninteresting, to make something worse. Making something better is interesting.
- lgessler 4y agoYou might be curious to know that philosophers and linguists would see your (good) examples as violations of the Gricean maxim of quantity. More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative_principle
- 082349872349872 4y agoThe way to test this might be to ask about something that's so bad there are fewer (hence more interesting) ways to make it worse than to make it better?
- solarmist 4y agoMy understanding is that all perceptions are done by temporal diff. So comparison of what has changed since the last sample. So using comparison is probably our default way of looking at things. Which is what the studies say.
- SyzygistSix 4y agoExactly. When asked about how something is, people generally don't think anyone wants ideas on how to make it worse.
- P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y agoIn fact, I love driving my gf up the wall with these types of answers :) "What do you want for dinner?" "Food" "What KIND of food?" "The good kind"