Andrew Meyer
@AndrewMeyerJDM
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marginally employed
Hong Kong
Joined January 2019
Just a math test? New article with Yigal Attali, Maya Bar-Hillel, @ShaneFs5cents, and the late @kahneman_daniel shows that the CRT’s predictive power comes from its ability to measure reflection. https://t.co/cBRbG1Seve
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We report the findings of an adversarial collaboration examining whether the cognitive reflection test (CRT) measures anything beyond mathematical ...
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Gino's case against us has been dismissed. Scientists cannot effectively sue other scientists for exposing fraud/errors in their work. Those who work to correct the scientific record can sleep better tonight. Those who don’t want it corrected, well, I don’t care how they sleep.
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In a complex world, good judgment isn't about trusting your gut. It's about testing your gut. 59 studies, 72k ppl: when basic math refutes their intuition, many cling to intuition and ignore the facts. A mark of wisdom is being as quick to question old ideas as new information.
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The formation and revision of intuitions @AndrewMeyerJDM & @ShaneFs5cents: https://t.co/uUMJFWhB18 h/t @TimHarford: https://t.co/UAMZnNEYSH
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Are you reflective, careless or hopeless? The answer might affect your ability to spot fake news
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In 2002, Kahneman and Frederick informally reported "the bat and ball problem". In 2023, Meyer and Frederick report 59 studies of the problem in just 9 pages: https://t.co/vfE48Nzt8s 5 initial take-aways and 2 things I like about their new paper:
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In 2002, a chapter from Kahneman and Frederick mentioned “the bat and ball problem”. A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total.The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball.How much does the ball c…
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New paper from Meyer & @ShaneFs5cents reports 59(!) experiments on the famous "bat & ball" problem. Key finding is that it's surprisingly hard to shake intuitive responses. Lots of great stuff in here, check it out: https://t.co/5jVK39DZAD
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Exchange with my daughter led me (& Jin Kim & Andrew Meyer) to post a study on Mturk. N= 1576 226,000 Americans have died from Covid. If [X] had been President, how many would have died? Median estimates below.
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