Trolley problem not looking good in an empirical test.
Subjects were much more consequentialist when choosing in reality than in the thought experiment.
(I am glad.)https://twitter.com/DHBostyn/status/994253781696155650 …
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David Chapman Retweeted Dries Bostyn
Trolley problem not looking good in an empirical test.
Subjects were much more consequentialist when choosing in reality than in the thought experiment.
(I am glad.)https://twitter.com/DHBostyn/status/994253781696155650 …
David Chapman added,
Second publication in the field, apparently (has a decent seeming literature review). Statistical analysis looked basically sane (but I don’t know enough to critique other than obvious errors). Yes, certainly does need replication in any case.
"We argue that hypothetical-dilemma research, while valuable for understanding moral cognition, has little predictive value for actual behavior" I've argued this for years on the grounds of common sense.
So have I. That’s why it’s nice to have empirical support.
If we are both wrong, but our views are confirmed by "empiricism". Its experimental psychology, yes? So there's a pretty low chance of repeatability.
Oh, I see. Yes. I did do some basic sanity checking of methods and analysis before tweeting it, for that reason. But we can’t have high confidence in anything from psychology currently.
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