The Mindlessness of Ostensibly Thoughtful Action (1978) [pdf]
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Re: The Mindlessness of Ostensibly Thoughtful Action (1978) [pdf]
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Re: The Mindlessness of Ostensibly Thoughtful Action (1978) [pdf]
#3This is the "can I make some copies because I need to make some copies" experiment that Robert Cialdini wrote about in his fantastic book Influence.
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
Re: The Mindlessness of Ostensibly Thoughtful Action (1978) [pdf]
#4Their model of scripts and mindlessness is only one of many possible explanations of the behavior they're seeing. And I don't even know where to start with the sending letters to random doctors thing.
Is this actually a thing that was/is taken seriously?
Re: The Mindlessness of Ostensibly Thoughtful Action (1978) [pdf]
#5This is the "can I make some copies because I need to make some copies" experiment that Robert Cialdini wrote about in his fantastic book Influence . https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11348375
At this point, most of the stuff in a corrected edition of _Influence_ would have a bunch of asterisks in it or have to be deleted for failing to replicate or being fraudulent. I wonder how well this old social psych priming/influence experiment has held up...
Re: The Mindlessness of Ostensibly Thoughtful Action (1978) [pdf]
#6This kind of human interaction is way too quick to have any deeper thinking involved. Because brains are prediction machines, if something unexpected happens that requires a quick response, it will be fully handled via autopilot.
If it was done via text messages I would expect a different outcome.
Re: The Mindlessness of Ostensibly Thoughtful Action (1978) [pdf]
#7This is the "can I make some copies because I need to make some copies" experiment that Robert Cialdini wrote about in his fantastic book Influence . https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11348375
At this point, most of the stuff in a corrected edition of _Influence_ would have a bunch of asterisks in it or have to be deleted for failing to replicate or being fraudulent. I wonder how well this old social psych priming/influence experiment has held up...
It's still a great book because his anecdotes are so fun. The sequel was terrible though!
Re: The Mindlessness of Ostensibly Thoughtful Action (1978) [pdf]
#8System 1?
Re: The Mindlessness of Ostensibly Thoughtful Action (1978) [pdf]
#9It's more effort to figure out whether a requested small favour is really needed than it is to just go along with it. Also the extra effort spent to give a reason, regardless of the quality of the reason given, is itself a signal indicating the importance of the request to the requester. You're more likely to help someone, all else being equal, if they really need the help. This seems pretty straight forward to me.
Interesting link, though!