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To: EL KABONG!!! who wrote (15)	3/12/2014 10:56:26 AM
From: SE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 289

My head hurts.

To: EL KABONG!!! who wrote (15)	3/12/2014 12:02:58 PM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	1 Recommendation Recommended By Bill Respond to of 289

Lol. Yes, that's correct. It's called a "mind f*ck". Courtesy of SE, here are some other similar jokes: - Jeff

To: EL KABONG!!! who wrote (15)	3/12/2014 7:55:11 PM
From: Kevin Podsiadlik	Respond to of 289

A and D are the same value, so if 25% is the correct answer, then you'd have a 50% chance of being correct by random guessing. So, having determined that A and D cannot possibly be correct (the correct answer cannot be both 25% and 50% at the same time), that leaves only B or C as correct. Therefore, the choice between B and C would seem to dictate that 50% must be the correct answer. But that is also incorrect as there are 4 possible choices to randomly choose from So what? I "randomly choose" between B and C. Please show me where in the question it states that the random choice must involve all four. Alternatively, even if I must make all four choices possible, there is nothing stating each must have an equal chance. I roll a die. On a 1 I pick A. On a 2, 3 or 4 I pick B. On 5, C. On a 6, D. Again, I have a 50% chance of being right. Pedantry is no sin when dealing with a deliberate mind screw.