Looking at some of this, I wonder if people are biased towards thinking that the more concrete statement is more likely? Somehow, in my mind, “feminist” is more abstract than “feminist book keeper”. The latter seems closer to being a person, whereas the former seems to be closer to a concept. The more descriptive you are about a subject, the more concrete it sounds, and thus the more likely it is, because it sounds closer to reality. The less descriptive, the more abstract it sounds, and therefore the less likely it is, because it sounds more hypothetical or “theoretical”.
Of course, the more descriptive account is going to have more conjunctions, and therefore has lesser or the same probability. I just wonder if this has been taken into account.
Looking at some of this, I wonder if people are biased towards thinking that the more concrete statement is more likely? Somehow, in my mind, “feminist” is more abstract than “feminist book keeper”. The latter seems closer to being a person, whereas the former seems to be closer to a concept. The more descriptive you are about a subject, the more concrete it sounds, and thus the more likely it is, because it sounds closer to reality. The less descriptive, the more abstract it sounds, and therefore the less likely it is, because it sounds more hypothetical or “theoretical”.
Of course, the more descriptive account is going to have more conjunctions, and therefore has lesser or the same probability. I just wonder if this has been taken into account.