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empty  ·  3462 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A Three-Question Quiz To Test Your Rationality

Another way of phrasing that first question to make it more clear how the bias can screw with you.

1. She's a feminist

2. She has had to deal with unwanted sexual advances at least one time in her life

3. She's a feminist who's had to deal with unwanted sexual advances at least one time in her life

Read those? What's your answer now?

The answer should still be the same. 3 is always going to be no more probable than 1 or 2. Two things at the same time is always less probable or exactly as probable as either of those things on their own.