Is there an alternative? If you tell subjects, they modify their behavior further. This reminds me of how most movies are so predictable for me. A movie must make me feel so immersed that I forget to analyze everything and just go with the flow and suspend disbelief.
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Well, the strangest part for me was reviewing academic studies for class and then participating as a subject the next day. If you just required students to do it a year later then at least it wouldn’t be top of mind
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I was a frequent subject since they paid like $15. Except most specified right handed. I’m left. So I deceived them first:)
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Read "The Elephant in the Brain" by Robin Hanson and Kevin Simler. Near the beginning they outline the reason why subjects have to be misled
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I often think about this. Is the theory that so little of the studied population actually knows this that experiments can generate legitimate results?
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Why not do a study to validate this theory? Same experiment. With one group, lie as usual. With the other, tell the truth.
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