How did you do?
Most people who play the game in this module don’t get a very high score. Why not? You might think that there’s some sort of trick. You might think that we purposefully chose tricky examples in order to trip people up. If we did choose tricky examples, then it’s no surprise if people don’t get many of them right.
Sadly, we didn’t purposefully choose tricky examples. We chose examples that were (1) well-studied, and (2) had a range of effects. How intuitive (or counterintuitive) the examples were was not a factor that we used to select them. The reason why people tend to do poorly on the game is because, as we said, it’s extremely difficult to figure out which programs work. And this means that it’s hard to know which charities to donate to based only on intuition.
So we're giving you a chance to give in a better way, by picking between two charities with proven results.
Sadly, we didn’t purposefully choose tricky examples. We chose examples that were (1) well-studied, and (2) had a range of effects. How intuitive (or counterintuitive) the examples were was not a factor that we used to select them. The reason why people tend to do poorly on the game is because, as we said, it’s extremely difficult to figure out which programs work. And this means that it’s hard to know which charities to donate to based only on intuition.
So we're giving you a chance to give in a better way, by picking between two charities with proven results.
