My exact point - the answer depends on cognitive framing of the question.
Wojtek
--- On Thu, 4/23/09, Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Americans sorta like torture if it works
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Thursday, April 23, 2009, 3:09 PM
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> Aren't these kind of responses normal for all questions?
> Most people will not say "x is ALWAYS bad."
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> --- On Thu, 4/23/09, Wojtek Sokolowski <swsokolowski at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
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> > [WS:] That is hardly surprising - this kind of
> responses
> > were observed in other areas that involve risk
> assessment,
> > and they depend on the cognitive framing of the
> problems in
> > terms of "gains" or "losses." Check out Kahneman
> &
> > Tversky's work in behavioral economics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospect_theory.
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> > Wojtek
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