Causal Stories

Story 47

Alex is playing a board game. Every turn in the game, you simultaneously roll two six-sided dice and spin a spinner. Alex will either win or lose the game on his next turn. Alex will only win the game if the total of dice roll is greater than 2 or the spinner lands on green. It is very likely that he will roll higher than 2. Normally, the spinner does land on green. Alex rolls his dice and spins the spinner at exactly the same time. He rolls a 12, so just as expected, he rolled greater than 2, and the spinner lands on green. Alex wins the game.

Question

Did Alex spinning result cause him to win the game?

Majority Answer: No

Answer distribution over 25 people:

P(Yes): 0.28 P(No): 0.72

Is Ambiguous: False

Factor

These are the factors and their attributes present in this story.

Action Omission: Action

Causal Structure: Disjunctive

Event Normality: Normal

Norm Type: Statistical Norm

Time: Same Time Cause