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To: Jane4IceCream who wrote (170456)	12/13/2012 11:17:57 AM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) of 173976

Of interest or not? A Simple Logic Question That Most Harvard Students Get Wrong Gus Lubin \| Dec. 11, 2012 businessinsider.com Havard students get near-perfect SAT scores. These are smart, smart kids. So they shouldn't have trouble with a simple logic question, right? Try the following puzzle: A bat and ball cost $1.10. The bat costs one dollar more than the ball. How much does the ball cost? Scroll down for the answer ... theseanster93 via www.flickr.com Creative Commons You probably answered 10¢. That's what most Harvard students answered. But the real answer is 5¢. Behavioral economist Daniel Kahneman explains why most people get this wrong: A number came to your mind. The number, of course, is 10: 10¢. The distinctive mark of this easy puzzle is that it evokes an answer that is intuitive, appealing, and wrong. Do the math, and you will see. If the ball costs 10 ¢, then the total cost will be $1.20 (10¢ for the ball and $1.10 for the bat), not $1.10. The correct answer is 5¢. It is safe to assume that the intuitive answer also came to the mind of those who ended up with the correct number—they somehow managed to resist the intuition. Many thousands of university students have answered the bat-and-ball puzzle, and the results are shocking. More than 50% of students at Harvard, MIT, and Princeton gave the intuitive—incorrect—answer. Read more: businessinsider.com

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