Yeah, in other words, if you know people are going to lie when you ask them “Are you racist?” You have to lie to them to find out whether they are racist or not by asking them indirectly. I mean you don’t necessarily have to lie to get your answers indirectly, but sometimes there are no other options. That’s why you see psychology tests do these weird little experiment where they try to hide the intention of what hypothesis they are trying to test from the subjects. I learned everything I know about this stuff from things that were done to me. They made me jump through these hoops, and I thought why not make them jump through hoops too?
Very good point. If we want to build a better model of an individual’s behaviour or the dynamics of a social group, lying can be an invaluable tool.
Yeah, in other words, if you know people are going to lie when you ask them “Are you racist?” You have to lie to them to find out whether they are racist or not by asking them indirectly. I mean you don’t necessarily have to lie to get your answers indirectly, but sometimes there are no other options. That’s why you see psychology tests do these weird little experiment where they try to hide the intention of what hypothesis they are trying to test from the subjects. I learned everything I know about this stuff from things that were done to me. They made me jump through these hoops, and I thought why not make them jump through hoops too?