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RE: [lojban] So you think you're logical?



>The question would be whether the results would be better if the
>problem was presented in Lojban, where presumably this particular
>connective is more transparent. And what would happen if the
>problems were worded in English something like:

>"The rule governing the production of the cards states that a
>card either doesn't have a circle on one side, or it has the
>colour yellow on the other."

>That's how a lojbanist would read it. Would we get a higher
>percenatge of right answers?

In Lojban, yes. In English, where or often means xor, probably not.