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Old 11-07-2007, 08:29 AM
FortunaMaximus FortunaMaximus is offline
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Default Re: New Thread On Sklansky Extrapolation Question

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I think it's more likely an odd property of Y itself which leads clever people astray.

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Perhaps it's not an odd property per se, but that Y could be an abstract question. If it was a defined statement of fact with an obvious y/n answer, then you could discern the breakdown of the implied reverse logic of less intelligent people being more statistically correct.

Otherwise, I think there exists a phenomenon in where the smarter a class of people are, the more divisive they will be. Intellectual Darwinism, perhaps?
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