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You mean you correctly guessed without testing at all - and got lucky. I'm not sure this is the same thing as 'solving' it.

• Retra 11y ago
  I "got lucky" in the sense that my experiences have primed me to recognize that particular kind of question. If the article had actually modified the question framing at all, rather than just copying the existing one, it maybe wouldn't have worked that way. It's the same reaction I have to the Monte Hall problem: I don't have to think or be clever to get the right answer. So naturally you couldn't effectively teach me anything by simply posing the question, and any information you collect by doing so won't accurately reflect what I learn or how well I think. You'd just be testing topical familiarity.
  • crgt 11y ago
    The question could have read the exact same way, with a different final rule as the answer. Without testing at all, you wouldn't/couldn't know that...and so you didn't solve it..you just guessed...
    • Retra 11y ago
      Everyone guessed it. I guessed it and got it right. That's what 'solving it' means.