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  1. Newsgroups: sci.cognitive
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  3. From: khj@cray.com (Ken Jopp)
  4. Subject: Re: the conjunction effect (was: Logic and stuff)
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov18.134200.8695@hemlock.cray.com>
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  8. Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
  9. References: <1992Nov18.162252.12357@ils.nwu.edu>
  10. Date: 18 Nov 92 13:41:59 CST
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  12. Perhaps related to the conjunction effect:
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  14. I recall in a psychology course an experiment in which 
  15. subjects tended to answer "yes" to the question, "Is it 
  16. OK to pray while smoking?"  but tended to answer no to,
  17. "Is it OK the smoke while praying?"
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