"Maria and Peter are students and meet up for a late dinner. Peter asks Maria whether Tom is at the party that they intend to go to after dinner. Maria answers that Tom is at the party. After all, Tom had told her that he would be at the party. When they arrive at the party, it turns out that Tom had changed his plans, and is not at the party. Was Maria's answer true or false?"
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- Maria's answer was true (32%, 122 votes)
- Maria's answer was false (67%, 253 votes)
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Denny Vrandečić
in reply to Denny Vrandečić • • •A new study shows that there is much, much less agreement on the answer to this question than I would have expected. Even after reading about the study, I still expect people in my bubble to have the same answer as I do. Let's see. But this probably means that the meaning of truth, in the general population, is simply different from what I would have assumed. And explains a number of public discourses.
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reason.com/2026/05/15/the-surp…
New study investigates why people disagree about what's true
Ronald Bailey (Reason Magazine)Allen but one of the good ones
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