Do these “one step hypotheticals” reveal hidden preferences, or force a human to make a choice, to which she will later stick to preserve her consistency? For example, I could make a random answer to a question about Neanderthal tribe rights, but later rationalise why it should be true. I think I have heard of some psychological research which demonstrated such behaviour.
Added an addendum to the post to address this issue. The “later rationalise” is not really relevant here, because we’re not thinking of doing all these hypothetical interventions.
Do these “one step hypotheticals” reveal hidden preferences, or force a human to make a choice, to which she will later stick to preserve her consistency? For example, I could make a random answer to a question about Neanderthal tribe rights, but later rationalise why it should be true. I think I have heard of some psychological research which demonstrated such behaviour.
Added an addendum to the post to address this issue. The “later rationalise” is not really relevant here, because we’re not thinking of doing all these hypothetical interventions.