Maybe they don’t have have the same concept as we do of a “hypothetical”.
Are their conscious selves unable to prevent a subconscious defense against being scammed?
If their conscious selves could shut down the defense, scammers could convince it to. This kind of sphexish paranoia is adaptive, if you’re the sort of person who scores low on the cognitive reflection test. Maybe.
Maybe they don’t have have the same concept as we do of a “hypothetical”.
If their conscious selves could shut down the defense, scammers could convince it to. This kind of sphexish paranoia is adaptive, if you’re the sort of person who scores low on the cognitive reflection test. Maybe.