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I honestly cannot grasp how this could be a “predictor” of religious belief. Being confused by confusingly-crafted math-ish questions does not mean the rest of
by rubberbandage 12y ago
I honestly cannot grasp how this could be a “predictor” of religious belief. Being confused by confusingly-crafted math-ish questions does not mean the rest of the world is perceived as a mystery too, and therefore religion is the answer to everything. I believe there is no god, but I can’t for the life of me figure out why the answer to the first question is “5¢” — could someone help me understand?
- follownotrend 12y agoThe ball can't be 10 cents, because 10 cent ball + 1.10 dollar bat = 1.20, and it'd exceed the total. Since the difference is 1 dollar, we can do ball + ball + 1 dollar = 1.10, then we can see that 2(ball) = 10 cents, so 10/2 = 5 cents for the ball. I think the questions gage whether or not the person's beliefs/thoughts/rightness come intuitively and they decide to settle, or they keep searching.
- treehau5 12y agoThis question seems like it came straight out of the book, Thinking, Fast and Slow.
- dragonwriter 12y ago> I believe there is no god, but I can’t for the life of me figure out why the answer to the first question is “5¢” — could someone help me understand? Question: "A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost? ____cents" Let b be the cost of the ball in cents. Then b + 100 is the cost of the bat in cents. b + (b + 100) = 110 2b + 100 = 110 2b = 10 b = 5 QED.
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