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> "An average blue whale weighs two hundred thousand pounds. How much do you think I weigh?" Would that actually work on someone in that situation in real life
by Vecr 3y ago
> "An average blue whale weighs two hundred thousand pounds. How much do you think I weigh?"
Would that actually work on someone in that situation in real life though? I know the author is going for "anchoring" from Kahneman 1974, but the incentive to not insult someone you want to be cooperative in the future in that scenario is so strong, and the person would probably think longer to avoid an infoleak.
- concordDance 3y agoIt wouldn't, that's the joke.
- jamilton 3y agoI could maybe see saying the weight of some celebrity or other mutually-known person could actually cause anchoring, but yeah, that was a joke.