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Question #31·11 September 2026·revealed

Would you rather be slightly too hot or slightly too cold?

75 people in 4 countries answered on 11 September 2026. 75% said Too cold.

Too hot25.3%
Too cold74.7%
75
votes on this question
10,558
votes since launch
4
countries
4.5s
median gut time
40%
predicted the majority
26.3
avg split-guess miss, points

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By country

Too hotToo cold
🇺🇸 USA 26
1981
Everywhere else 19
3268

By age

Too hotToo cold
25 to 34 28
3268
Everywhere else 19
2674

By profession

Too hotToo cold
Everywhere else 21
3367
Most contrarian country: 🇺🇸 USA. Only 80.8% sided with the global majority.

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In a wisehumans poll of 75 voters across 4 countries (11 September 2026), 75% chose "Too cold". Source: wisehumans.org/q/would-you-rather-be-slightly-too-hot-or-slightly-too

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Method

Self-selected online poll, no accounts: one vote per browser per day, capped per network address to limit repeat voting. Country derived at the network edge; age and profession self-reported from fixed lists. Buckets under 25 votes fold into "Everywhere else"; buckets under 5 are never published. Not weighted, not representative of any population.

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