Nick Byrd · @ByrdNick
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Another #framingEffect?
In "The Allure of #Simplicity", Jack Justus, Samantha Wakil and I run three #experiments on people's evaluations of explanations.
Merely labeling explanations 'simpler' or 'simplest' made people more vulnerable to the #baseRateFallacy and the #conjunctionFallacy!
Jack and I present our data and conclusions at #PSA2022 on Saturday.
#xPhi #PhilSci #CogSci #DecisionScience #Rationality #Epistemology #Psychology #Science #SciComm #Virtue
#framingeffect #simplicity #experiments #baseratefallacy #conjunctionfallacy #PSA2022 #xPhi #philsci #cogsci #decisionscience #rationality #epistemology #psychology #science #scicomm #virtue