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Re: the conjunction effect (was: Logic and stuff)

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From: Ken Jopp
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 19:41
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Perhaps related to the conjunction effect:

I recall in a psychology course an experiment in which 
subjects tended to answer "yes" to the question, "Is it 
OK to pray while smoking?"  but tended to answer no to,
"Is it OK the smoke while praying?"
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Subject: Re: the conjunction effect (was: Logic and stuff)
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