How many simultaneous people can follow simple instructions?
humanity.invalidcast.com
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> This is an experiment to determine how trustworthy humanity is.
No, it isn't.
If I have given my word that I will not click on the button, and yet I click on it anyway, then I am not trustworthy.
I someone tells me not to click on the button, and I do, then I am not obedient to them. I am also perhaps a bit presumptuous and irreponsible (depending on the situation).
But if a webpage tells me not to click on a button, which is clearly provided solely to be clicked on as an experiment, and I am absolutely sure that no harm will come from clicking, and I click, then I am merely curious.
And, having clicked, I am also rather disappointed.
I wanted to know how many people hit the page and are able to resist their curiosity in favour of following the instructions.
36 sets of visitors ended up viewing the page. The largest set that followed the instructions was 7 before someone clicked it.
Ah, but I never said I would do that. And the fact is that if I promise to say that, then I can be trusted to do so. And if I commit to following the instructions on your site, then I will do so.
But I didn't commit to that, and there was no reason to follow them. Thus, I don't see what my failure to follow these instructions has to do with "trust".