[extropy-chat] A case of self-deception?

Fri Apr 1 00:57:24 UTC 2005

At 12:35 PM 3/31/2005, Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:
>A fascinating post on EconLog:
>http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2005/03/what_fools_thes.html
>
>Apparently after 9/11, trust in government rose. ....

Er, the point of that blog entry is to *question* that conclusion.
The paper linked to claims people just interpreted a survey question
differently when it was placed in a new context.

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