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Funny games!

Steve Urkel.

Posted to Diary on Sun Mar 16, 2008 at 03:05:21 PM EST. RSS.

No, not the awful movie.

A number of philosophical games.

My "Moral Parsimony Score" on this game was 51%. I have no idea what that means.

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So you think you're so logical?

Shy Elf.

Mon Mar 17, 2008 at 08:58:28 AM EST

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They're answers to So you think you're logical? are wrong as are the answers on the standard psychological test.  The test gives you a rule for what is on the opposite sides cards, and four cards, two of which could possibly break the rule.  The question is, which do you definitely need to flip in order to determine if any of the cards break the rule.

In all of these tests, the correct answer is none.  In all cases, it is not necessary to turn over a card in the event that the other possibly rule-breaking card turns out to break the rule, because then we will have determined that the rule is in fact broken without turning that card.

Had the question been "Which may you need to flip in order to determine if any of the cards break the rule?" or "Which do you need to flip in order to determine which cards break the rule," then their answer is correct, but as the question is stated, the accepted answer is wrong.

My conclusion is that philosophers in general are not very logical, since they have allowed this to be a standard test of logical ability while unquestioningly demanding the wrong answer.

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Simple, but they could have explained it better

Lou.

Sun Mar 16, 2008 at 08:23:43 PM EST

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My "Moral Parsimony Score" on this game was 51%. I have no idea what that means

It took me a while to figure out, but here's my take.  The lower your "moral parsimony" score means one has more conditions on one's morality than someone with a higher score.  ie...a person won't call the cops on his brother but would call the cops on a stranger for the same crime.

One one hand, a very low score might indicate that a person's moral judgments are so conditional that that person might not have any moral structure at all...on the other hand, a very high score means that the person has such an inflexible moral outlook that he/she might have a hard time functioning in a modern world.

According to the authors, 64% is average.

My average is 75%.  I have no idea what this means.

It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine

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zyxwvutsr.

Mon Mar 17, 2008 at 10:26:12 PM EST

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One one hand, a very low score might indicate that a person's moral judgments are so conditional that that person might not have any moral structure at all
I got a 37% with the explanation that,
...your score of 37% is significantly lower than the average score of 64%. This suggests that you have utilised a noticeably wider range of moral principles than average in order to make judgements about the scenarios presented in this test, and that you have tended to judge aspects of the acts and circumstances depicted here to be morally relevant that other people consider to be morally irrelevant

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Steve Urkel.

Sun Mar 16, 2008 at 11:26:36 PM EST

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Thanks for the clarification. One of the problems I had with the quiz is that I did call the cops on my brother, and made up that he committed a crime. But that option wasn't available.

I think 75% is the minimum score required to be eligible for the Nobel Peace Prize. So you're in good shape.

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MayorBob.

Sun Mar 16, 2008 at 10:33:54 PM EST

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My moral parsimony average is 88%.  Part of the reason for the high number is the fact that I hate my brother's guts for snitching on me smoking to my father.

Illegitimi non carborundum.

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delete me.

Sun Mar 16, 2008 at 11:58:48 PM EST

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Your Moral Parsimony Score is 84%

Geographical Distance
Your score of 67% is somewhat lower than the average score of 72% in this category.

Family Relatedness
Your score of 100% is a lot higher than the average score of 52% in this category.

Acts and Omissions
Your score of 67% is a little higher than the average score of 61% in this category.

Scale
Your score of 100% is significantly higher than the average score of 73% in this category.

So I guess I don't give a damn about family or scale, but if it's too far away, too bad.

- derumi (del-me)
"Bobby Fischer? Man, that guy is crazy!" - Mike Tyson

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No Thanks

keta.

Mon Mar 17, 2008 at 04:12:21 PM EST

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I refuse to take these tests.  Ever since the board game Scruples , which proved beyond the shadow of a doubting Thomas that I'm bereft of such things, I make it a policy to eschew participation in exercises that reveal my complete and utter lack of responsibility, morality, or otherwise good-naturedness.

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delete me.

Mon Mar 17, 2008 at 05:05:02 PM EST

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I refuse to take these tests.

Oh! So there is a line that you won't cross. :)

- derumi (del-me)
"Bobby Fischer? Man, that guy is crazy!" - Mike Tyson

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keta.

Mon Mar 17, 2008 at 05:25:53 PM EST

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You silver-lining people are rather irksome, you know.

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