You are presented with two plates with chocolate on them

[Ika]

much better question. i always use the bigger roll as it it's had less people touching it with their shitty fingers.

actually the smaller roll will have less poop, as
1) it's been used more recently, so the paper has had less exposure to the poopy air
2) surface area of a smaller roll is smaller, reducing the chance that someone has touched the sheet that you will now be using.

 

[guyver01]

You see that one plate has about half as much as the other plate.

the plate with more chocolate.

free chocolate is good.
lots of free chocolate is better.

 

[Locut0s]

WTF? I'm the only one in the room? Sounds sort of like a sociology greed test but in those there is always another party. Otherwise the large plate of course, there is no other answer.

/thread

 

[sandorski]

If all the chocolates were the same size, shape, and by any other indication, I'd take from the half empty plate(most likely). Mostly because it would seem the right thing to do, I muse.

If all the chocolates were different sizes, shapes, filling, etc, the fullness of the plates wouldn't be a factor in the decision.

 

[Juked07]

I think about half the posters missed that you can only take one piece.

 

[guyver01]

I think about half the posters missed that you can only take one piece.

Fuck that.

if there's noone else in the room. i take 'em all
:ninja:

 

[Locut0s]

I think about half the posters missed that you can only take one piece.

:biggrin:

 

[mjrpes3]

Choose from the plate with half the chocolate, on the chance (possible, but not guaranteed) that someone chose from that plate due to information they had but I do not (i.e., the heart shaped chocolates taste yummy but the square shaped ones have nuts and taste like shit). Assuming, that is, that there is a clear pattern that chocolates of different types of clearly on separate plates (not randomized).

 

[Sea Moose]

the plate with more chocolate.

free chocolate is good.
lots of free chocolate is better.

Where have u been lately?

 

[guyver01]

Where have u been lately?

a moderator sponsored trip

 

[Sea Moose]

a moderator sponsored trip

U never even sent me a postcard

 

[guyver01]

U never even sent me a postcard

I dont have your address

 

[Sea Moose]

I dont have your address

Its.... wait a second

:ninja:

 

[bignateyk]

The one with less. I'm not a big fan of chocolate to begin with, and the one with less might be higher quality.

 

[cerebusPu]

Choose from the plate with half the chocolate, on the chance (possible, but not guaranteed) that someone chose from that plate due to information they had but I do not (i.e., the heart shaped chocolates taste yummy but the square shaped ones have nuts and taste like shit). Assuming, that is, that there is a clear pattern that chocolates of different types of clearly on separate plates (not randomized).

I agree with this. Given two similar choices, one more chosen than the other, and no particular reason swaying me to choose either one, I would select the more popular one.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

Fuck that.

if there's noone else in the room. i take 'em all
:ninja:

exactly. this is like the people who leave a bowl of candy out on halloween that says "take one". GFG

 

[AMCRambler]

Which one is chocolate with poo in it? I'll take the other one.

 

[her209]

Is this some sort of psychological test? Basic human nature would direct us to take the plate with more.

I saw a report last night on the ABC World News where they were giving blind samples to walkers by. In the test, expensive chocolate and cheap chocolate were presented to them on separate plates, but they were able to sample both and choose which one they liked more. But I was wondering if they saw how much was left on the plate, would that somehow change their perception of how the chocolate would taste.

But you could apply this "test" to, say, two products on display at the grocery store. While not perfect, if you saw two brands of beers at the store but didn't know anything about them, but one brand had significantly less left than the other brand, would you pick the brand that you assume everyone else was buying.