I feel like the video made based on this form will start with “ if you’re thinking about opening a Google form to anyone on the Internet, don’t.”
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This itself is a study of how people respond when prompted to ask a question
4 years ago | 2,600
Calling it now, one of the questions will be "What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?"
4 years ago | 588
That's so kind of Scott, sharing his status to professionals who could use this resource!
4 years ago | 1,100
To the Tom of the past: What a wonderful idea! To the Tom of the present: How lovely you executed this great idea. To the Tom of the future: I’m so incredibly sorry you have to work your way through all those answers.
4 years ago | 528
But like the “What is the best thing” video, you’re going to get answers from extremely online nerds
4 years ago | 854
How effective is the 99 cents instead of a flat dollar at creating more purchases
4 years ago | 2,800
My question: "If you were to ask the world one question, what would that question be?"
4 years ago | 35
I think a great question would just be to ask, "Why?" and see what kind of things people respond with. It'd be interesting to see how people interpret the question to begin with.
4 years ago | 38
this is one if these things where you wish you had it every now and then but when you actually get the chance you have no idea what to say
4 years ago | 61
If soap falls on the ground, does the ground get cleaner, or the soap get dirtier?
4 years ago | 145
When does "a few grains of sand" become "a pile of sand"?
4 years ago | 68
I'm excited for this, here's my question: "If you think about every human being in the world, all the 7.8 Billion of us. What percentage of this do you think are inherently evil, neutral and good? And how much do you think that YOUR personal life experiences with other people throughout your life shaped your answer to this question?" This is particulalrly exciting for me because i asked this question to many people before, those who had a difficult upbringing or many difficulties in life always said that the majority of the humans were evil. But those who had a very conforting life in general always said that most humans were either Neutral or Good. It makes me curious to see how much your Bias on life can change the way you perceive human beings around you. It might be obvious when you think about yourself, but how would that question change when asked to a big group of people?
4 years ago | 48
I would ask: Is the human condition a collective experience, or is it only an individual experience? In other words, do you grow, learn, experience happiness and suffering as one group that is all in the same boat, or does your experience not account for the experiences of those around you?
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“Is history science? “ I recently encountered this question in a history class in Taiwan. And the response was very surprising to me. I also asked some of my friends and they got so worked up after I asked them a few following questions. I thought it’d be fun to analyze the answer regarding the subjects background, like culture, profession, etc. Oh and it’d be even more fun to see what ppl‘d do when their theory gets questioned. And if the identity of the person who’s asking question makes a difference. Doesn’t matter what their answer is just challenge them 😂
4 years ago | 55
This is a really nice use of your channel and your abilities, Tom. Thank you for this.
4 years ago | 1
I'm doing a project on human aesthetics and fractal rn, I would really like to know if the preference for mid level fractal dimensions is as universal as I read about. I also want to know if the fractal dimension of a image plays into our reaction time and if we are able read in and memorise data of mid level fractal dimension images better (I wanna know if the fractal way we read in visual data has helped us evolutionarily)
4 years ago | 111
What's something that should be taught in every school, but currently isn't?
4 years ago | 21
Tom Scott
What would you ask the world?
If you're an academic who wants to ask something of a large and representative sample of the public, or if there's a debate you want settled by public opinion, I might be able to help. [edit: the form is now closed, thanks all]
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