Comments on: The “What is a browser?” question http://www.lecraic.com/2009/06/21/the-what-is-a-browser-question/ craic from ireland Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:54:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ursula http://www.lecraic.com/2009/06/21/the-what-is-a-browser-question/comment-page-1/#comment-11747 Ursula Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:42:54 +0000 http://www.lecraic.com/?p=2040#comment-11747 Pity I wasn't in New York at the time the question was asked. I would have told them what a browser is: Someone who goes into a shop searching for that elusive something missing in their lives. Only 8 % of people gave the right answer: So what? Ask people where their pancreas is located or what a cam belt is for and you'd probably get a similar result. Main thing like with anything in life - says this not so "common" (wo)man - is that it WORKS. The detail, the technicalities totally irrelevant other than - as you note - to the "techie". Brilliant point you make how the "framing" of a question may have different outcomes as to the answers. One could build a whole new school of philosophy on that thought alone. U Pity I wasn’t in New York at the time the question was asked. I would have told them what a browser is: Someone who goes into a shop searching for that elusive something missing in their lives.

Only 8 % of people gave the right answer: So what? Ask people where their pancreas is located or what a cam belt is for and you’d probably get a similar result. Main thing like with anything in life – says this not so “common” (wo)man – is that it WORKS. The detail, the technicalities totally irrelevant other than – as you note – to the “techie”.

Brilliant point you make how the “framing” of a question may have different outcomes as to the answers. One could build a whole new school of philosophy on that thought alone.

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