Why? No one would see the slider maxed out, so there's no point in playing the fool. The study makes an interesting point, that putting a slider there would force the person to make decision. Either they're sharing something they think is nonsense, so they think twice — or they have reason to believe stuff is accurate, which the study is saying people are actually pretty good judges of.
No one want to say something is accurate and be thought of a fool later. Making this choice forces you to be a scientist, in that you're now making a statement that's falsifiable. Even better when it's probabilistic.
No one want to say something is accurate and be thought of a fool later. Making this choice forces you to be a scientist, in that you're now making a statement that's falsifiable. Even better when it's probabilistic.