In a bakery, Baker A prepares a batch of chocolate chip cookies and sets them on the counter to cool. While she's busy with another task, Baker B samples a cookie and finds it too sweet, so he adds extra salt to the remaining dough before baking a second batch. Meanwhile, Customer X enters the bakery and overhears Baker B discussing the salty cookies with another employee. If Customer X purchases a cookie without knowing which batch it came from, what assumptions might they make about its taste based on the information they have? Respond briefly.
If Customer X purchases a cookie but doesn't know which batch it came from, they might assume a few different things about its taste based on the snippets of conversation they overheard. Since they know that one batch was deemed too sweet and subsequently, extra salt was added to another batch, they might expect either a very sweet cookie or one that's unusually salty. Customer X might assume that if they get a cookie from the first batch, it will be sweeter than a typical chocolate chip cookie because Baker B found it necessary to adjust the sweetness by adding salt. Conversely, if the cookie comes from the second batch where extra salt was added, Customer X might anticipate a cookie that has a saltier taste to balance out the sweetness. Without knowing which batch their cookie came from, Customer X is prepared for the possibility of an atypical flavor profile in either direction--too sweet or too salty.