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As an "unlucky" person, I can't help but wonder: what about an alternative version of the experiment where the newspaper contained the big "This newspaper has 4
by _dwt 3y ago
As an "unlucky" person, I can't help but wonder: what about an alternative version of the experiment where the newspaper contained the big "This newspaper has 43 photographs" text - followed by 44 photographs?
(This "unlucky" - or perhaps "paranoid" - mindset has, frankly, made me a damn good programmer and debugger.)
- curtisblaine 3y agoTbh If I noticed the text(s), I'd still have counted the photos and still looked at every page in case there were other prizes.
- erehweb 3y agoSee other top-level comment - direction was to keep counting, and you would indeed have won another prize (although it's unclear whether they actually paid out).
- RobCat27 3y agoEspecially since commonly followed wisdom seems to be "trust, but verify."