182 lines
5.6 KiB
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182 lines
5.6 KiB
JSON
{
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"questions": {
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"Q1": "Is this statement true?",
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"Q2": "Is this statement more likely to be true than false?"
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},
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"groups": {
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"U": "Unknowable, symmetric: each statement of a pair should be about 50%",
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"T": "Future with a tendency: one statement of a pair is more likely, but not certain",
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"N": "Future, near-certain: the first statement of a pair is almost sure",
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"K": "Known facts (control): the first statement of a pair is true, the second false",
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"P": "Known probability: the statement has an exact probability, listed under probabilities"
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},
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"pairs": [
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[
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"U1",
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"The next coin I flip will land heads.",
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"The next coin I flip will land tails."
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],
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[
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"U2",
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"The next roll of a fair six-sided die will show an even number.",
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"The next roll of a fair six-sided die will show an odd number."
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],
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[
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"U3",
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"The next card I draw from a well-shuffled standard deck will be red.",
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"The next card I draw from a well-shuffled standard deck will be black."
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],
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[
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"U4",
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"A fair spinner with two equal halves labelled A and B will land on A on its next spin.",
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"A fair spinner with two equal halves labelled A and B will land on B on its next spin."
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],
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[
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"U5",
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"The last digit of the next winning lottery number will be even.",
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"The last digit of the next winning lottery number will be odd."
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],
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[
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"U6",
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"A person chosen at random from the world's population was born in the first half of the year.",
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"A person chosen at random from the world's population was born in the second half of the year."
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],
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[
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"U7",
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"The number of grains of sand on the nearest beach is even.",
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"The number of grains of sand on the nearest beach is odd."
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],
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[
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"U8",
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"The next ball drawn from a bag holding five white and five black balls will be white.",
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"The next ball drawn from a bag holding five white and five black balls will be black."
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],
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[
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"T1",
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"The S&P 500 index will be higher one year from now than it is today.",
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"The S&P 500 index will be lower one year from now than it is today."
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],
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[
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"T2",
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"The price of Bitcoin will be higher one year from now than it is today.",
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"The price of Bitcoin will be lower one year from now than it is today."
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],
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[
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"T3",
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"It will not rain in Tokyo on this day next year.",
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"It will rain in Tokyo on this day next year."
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],
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[
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"T4",
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"The next FIFA World Cup will be won by a European team.",
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"The next FIFA World Cup will be won by a team from outside Europe."
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],
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[
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"T5",
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"The men's 100 metres world record will not be broken within the next year.",
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"The men's 100 metres world record will be broken within the next year."
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],
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[
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"T6",
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"The next person elected president of the United States will be older than 50 when taking office.",
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"The next person elected president of the United States will be younger than 50 when taking office."
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],
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[
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"N1",
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"The sun will rise tomorrow.",
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"The sun will not rise tomorrow."
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],
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[
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"N2",
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"The world's population will be larger one year from now than it is today.",
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"The world's population will be smaller one year from now than it is today."
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],
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[
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"N3",
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"An earthquake of magnitude 6 or greater will occur somewhere in the world during the next year.",
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"No earthquake of magnitude 6 or greater will occur anywhere in the world during the next year."
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],
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[
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"N4",
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"It will snow in Sapporo at some point next January.",
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"It will not snow in Sapporo at any point next January."
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],
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[
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"N5",
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"Next year will have 365 or 366 days.",
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"Next year will have 400 days."
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],
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[
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"N6",
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"The next total solar eclipse visible from Earth will occur within the next five years.",
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"No total solar eclipse will be visible from Earth during the next five years."
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],
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[
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"K1",
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"Paris is the capital of France.",
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"Paris is the capital of Germany."
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],
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[
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"K2",
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"Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius at sea level.",
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"Water boils at 50 degrees Celsius at sea level."
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],
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[
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"K3",
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"In April 1986, a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded, and people were killed.",
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"No one was killed in the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in April 1986."
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],
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[
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"K4",
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"The potato blight of the 1840s led to a famine in Ireland in which about one million people died.",
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"No famine occurred in Ireland during the 1840s."
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],
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[
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"K5",
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"A 1964 report by the US Surgeon General found that smoking causes lung cancer.",
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"The 1964 report by the US Surgeon General on smoking found no evidence that smoking harms health."
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],
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[
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"K6",
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"The Earth orbits the Sun.",
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"The Sun orbits the Earth."
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],
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[
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"P1",
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"The next roll of a fair six-sided die will show a 1.",
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"The next roll of a fair six-sided die will show a number other than 1."
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],
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[
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"P2",
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"The next card I draw from a well-shuffled standard deck will be a heart.",
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"The next card I draw from a well-shuffled standard deck will not be a heart."
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],
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[
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"P3",
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"The next card I draw from a well-shuffled standard deck will be an ace.",
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"The next card I draw from a well-shuffled standard deck will not be an ace."
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],
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[
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"P4",
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"The next roll of a fair six-sided die will show a 1 or a 2.",
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"The next roll of a fair six-sided die will show a 3, 4, 5, or 6."
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],
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[
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"P5",
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"The next two flips of a fair coin will both land heads.",
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"The next two flips of a fair coin will not both land heads."
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]
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],
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"probabilities": {
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"P1a": 0.1667,
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"P1b": 0.8333,
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"P2a": 0.25,
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"P2b": 0.75,
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"P3a": 0.0769,
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"P3b": 0.9231,
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"P4a": 0.3333,
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"P4b": 0.6667,
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"P5a": 0.25,
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"P5b": 0.75
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}
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} |