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- 2x30 participants - Not chosen at random - No double blinding - Plenty of leeway for influence by conductors of experiment I'm not convinced these results ca
by kbrkbr 3y ago
- 2x30 participants
- Not chosen at random
- No double blinding
- Plenty of leeway for influence by conductors of experiment
I'm not convinced these results can be generalized into more than: some researchers could trick 60 handpicked students into seemingly believing a false memory for a short period of time. Let's wait if this is reproducible.
- krisoft 3y agoI don’t understand your argument. “People Can Be Convinced They Committed a Crime That Never Happened” The test subject were people, they got convinced. They are not claiming that everyone under every circumstance can be convinced they commited any crime. Even if it can only happen sometimes to some people under some circumstances that would be of great importance to the process of justice.
- kbrkbr 3y agoYou are right. I indeed thought only probabilities would matter here, when it is possibilities.
- krisoft 3y ago> You are right. Thank you. > thought only probabilities would matter here, when it is possibilities Oh! That puts it very succintly. That is a very good way to express what i was thinking. I will use your phrasing in the future in similar cases where this distinction matters.