People are bad at following instructions. If celery is good and cake is bad, they will reason, they should cancel out right?miniboes wrote: So what if you explicitly tell them "take the celery, it's great, but stay away from the chocolate cake"? I am sticking to the metaphor because it's easier terms.
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So if you say "take the celery, it's great, but not nearly as great as chocolate cake is terrible"?brimstoneSalad wrote:People are bad at following instructions. If celery is good and cake is bad, they will reason, they should cancel out right?miniboes wrote: So what if you explicitly tell them "take the celery, it's great, but stay away from the chocolate cake"? I am sticking to the metaphor because it's easier terms.
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You'll confuse them, and be greeted with a blank stare.miniboes wrote: So if you say "take the celery, it's great, but not nearly as great as chocolate cake is terrible"?
"So, that means I should eat extra cake if I eat celery?"