That was kind of my intention, but I had imagined that they wouldn’t be the only ones. (Misery loves company?) I was thinking that you might do dialogues like in Eliezer’s example with a lot of people (privately), as one rationality exercise, then use that to put together a large set of scenarios.
Remember, students will probably need scenarios that are different enough from their own lives for them to recognize the lack of specifics. Eliezer’s example might not work at all well for someone involved in an online company, and/or a startup, because it might seem normal rather than frustration-provoking.
I don’t know; maybe other people here have a strong enough idea of what people actually say in these situations, and can write realistic dialogue from scratch. I’d still expect transcripts to worth consulting as part of the writing process, though.
What you think of my exercise? ;-)
I think it would lead to more accurate personality tests, among other things. ;)
Seriously, I realized after taking one personality test that I would have responded completely differently to a question if it had said “walking” rather than “driving,” and the question was about something entirely unrelated to modes of transportation. (It was something like comfort in trying new things, or comfort with visual maps vs. verbal directions.) Oops?
That was kind of my intention, but I had imagined that they wouldn’t be the only ones. (Misery loves company?) I was thinking that you might do dialogues like in Eliezer’s example with a lot of people (privately), as one rationality exercise, then use that to put together a large set of scenarios.
Remember, students will probably need scenarios that are different enough from their own lives for them to recognize the lack of specifics. Eliezer’s example might not work at all well for someone involved in an online company, and/or a startup, because it might seem normal rather than frustration-provoking.
I don’t know; maybe other people here have a strong enough idea of what people actually say in these situations, and can write realistic dialogue from scratch. I’d still expect transcripts to worth consulting as part of the writing process, though.
I think it would lead to more accurate personality tests, among other things. ;)
Seriously, I realized after taking one personality test that I would have responded completely differently to a question if it had said “walking” rather than “driving,” and the question was about something entirely unrelated to modes of transportation. (It was something like comfort in trying new things, or comfort with visual maps vs. verbal directions.) Oops?