Why are we starting this scenario with the arbitrary restriction of 3? Yes, if you give people any number of items and tell them there is a finite number of categories, they were will find a way to divide those items into three. That doesn’t mean they wouldn’t come up with a more compelling argument for their choices when told to divide into 4 groups.
At no point have our options ever only been “fruit or vegetable,” but yeah I guess if you tell people those are their only choices of course they’ll adhere. But like… I’ve never known anyone who though those were the only choices?
Lumidaub@feddit.org 23 hours ago
Well if you tell me to use only three categories and one of them will obviously be “meat”, then I won’t put them with apples.
TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
One box labeled “Brown when cooked properly”. Then mushrooms can go in the box with the apples and cutlets.
taiyang@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Box labeled “burnt to a crisp” and put everything in it.
Lumidaub@feddit.org 23 hours ago
That sign can’t stop me because I can’t cook (let alone properly).
BussyCat@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Apple, tomato, peppers, and cucumbers are all fruits
Mushrooms are mushrooms
Pork is meat
But if you give the average person those it’s much more likely they will make the categories fruits, vegetables, and meat and put mushrooms in the vegetable category