Posted on 04/14/2012 8:11:05 PM PDT by lbryce
Psychology experiments are all run by god-damned idiots. The fact that the other tools all created varying results should prove the invalidity of the experiment. What’s likely happening is that people are using the fixed-size object to estimate the size of the person holding the object. The handgun is probably smaller than people expect, because they’re used to monster-sized guns in movies. The caulk gun is probably larger than they expect. The researchers should test whether larger guns made the men wielding the guns be perceived as still larger (more manlier gun, perhaps confirming their hypthesis), or smaller (due to smaller size in relation to the gun).
[The APA needs to rename 'Napoleon Complex', to 'Bloomberg Complex']
Sounds like a very good scientific study to me. Colt firearms used to advertise:
God made men and Samuel Colt made them equal.
It’s a common perception that a gun is an ‘equalizer’.
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