Figure this equation: Probability+ Scepticism+ Conditioned behavior: [I Am Comfortable With Mathematical Equations]

I side stepped a girlfriend as she undertook a social experiment. A Phych major she is.

So... In a plastic grocery bag was a brand new Iphone and Brand new Apple Airpods max headphones. In their respective unopened packaging. 1500$

We approached 87 random people on a very busy strip. The target was 100. Tourist, couples, both single men and women.

A single question: Would you like a free gift?

86 replies varied from mostly..." No thank you" " No I'm good" .... To just plain blank.

Are we Conditioned to expect a scam? A need to pay something? What?

Girl number 87 said sure. She got a cool surprise.

🙂

DarkHeaven ·

@Trippy My odds aren’t good, sweetheart, but I love your encouragement. The facts as they are is that I’ve had five dosage increases since I left the hospital in less than four years. I’m on a specific cocktail of drugs to treat what I am. It took a long time just to get here and this is all that works. Barring a new medications for what I suffer (nothing has come to market for a long time,) I’m stuck with what I take. The medications are decades old and I’m already starting to near maximum dosage as my body slowly adapts and I build a resistance to it’s treatment. Eventually I will lose this fight, my hell will return, and I will be lost in the nightmare of my own mind... unable to separate reality from fantasy. My future is die back in the hospital trapped and alone, a victim of my own mind. The thought terrifies and depresses me but that day is not today. For today, I dance... and I sing... and I cry... happy tears, because I can tell people I love them and show people I care. I can hand a blanket to a homeless vet at the shelter and be touched by his tears. I will continue to burn my candle until my fires burn no more, as no one can be sure when time is done and their journey has ended. 🖤

reflectingmonkey · 51-55, M

in general, this type of question , if you answer yes, will be followed by "well all you have to do is bla bla bla" either answer a survey, buy some other thing to get that first thing free etc. so yes, the first thought that comes up will be "what's the catch?" but since there usually is a catch and most people, when you meet them on the street, already had a plan when they left home they don't want to waste their time so "no" is the best answer. 99% of the time, saying .no" to such a question WILL BE the best thing to do.

Trippy · F

@reflectingmonkey I get it. We are conditioned by society to respond in such a way perhaps. Last one tho' took a chance and hit gold 🙂