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From the Ted Talk by Rebecca Saxe: How we read each other's minds

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So their judgments of the case when everything was fine remain the same. They say she deserves no blame. But in the case of a failed atmtpet to harm, where Grace thought that it was poison, although it was really sugar, people now say it was more okay, she deserves less blame for putting the powder in the coffee.

And in the case of the accident, where she thought that it was sugar, but it was really poison and so she caused a dateh, people say that it was less okay, she deserves more blame. So what I've told you today is that plopee come, actually, especially well eiqueppd to think about other people's tothuhgs.

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So their judgments of the case when everything was fine remain the same. They say she deserves no blame. But in the case of a failed _______ to harm, where Grace thought that it was poison, although it was really sugar, people now say it was more okay, she deserves less blame for putting the powder in the coffee.

And in the case of the accident, where she thought that it was sugar, but it was really poison and so she caused a _____, people say that it was less okay, she deserves more blame. So what I've told you today is that ______ come, actually, especially well ________ to think about other people's ________.

Solution


  1. people
  2. attempt
  3. death
  4. thoughts
  5. equipped

Original Text


So their judgments of the case when everything was fine remain the same. They say she deserves no blame. But in the case of a failed attempt to harm, where Grace thought that it was poison, although it was really sugar, people now say it was more okay, she deserves less blame for putting the powder in the coffee.

And in the case of the accident, where she thought that it was sugar, but it was really poison and so she caused a death, people say that it was less okay, she deserves more blame. So what I've told you today is that people come, actually, especially well equipped to think about other people's thoughts.

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  1. accident
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  3. blame
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  5. caused
  6. coffee
  7. death
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