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The point is that it doesn't even appear absurd unless you have absolutely no number sense.
by pervycreeper 11y ago
The point is that it doesn't even appear absurd unless you have absolutely no number sense.
- mst 11y agoTypical Mind Fallacy. Took me ten seconds to get it. Takes most people (IME) a lot longer than me to get similar things. Maybe "no number sense" is actually "other people's minds don't usually work like mine"?
- marvy 11y agoIf you think that, you have more number sense than many people. Perhaps more than most :)
- vacri 11y agoPart of it is also the ambiguous way the question is phrased. amolgupta above mentions the same thing, but using humans (engineers and managers) and the answer is much more obvious in that context. Particularly with the second form of the question in the article - anyone who's ever had a potato knows that it doesn't shrink to half it's weight overnight. Poor situation selection and confusing wording do not make a paradox.