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Re:The King of Human Error by cdog46 on Thursday November 10, 2011 @10:27AM (#3220355)
That article, as written in Vanity Fair, is so poorly written. Paragraph one is evidence enough. More indefinite modifiers so that you don't know who is who. Also I don't understand why answer 1 is the correct answer regarding Linda. There is simply not enough information given to determine which answer is true.
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Re:The King of Human Error by andrenotgiant on Thursday November 10, 2011 @11:11AM (#3220564)
Regarding the Linda the Bank Teller Question: Here is an analogous numbers only probability question:

You are told that the test administrator is thinking of a number between 1 and 100, and that the number is odd. What is more likely?

A. The number is greater than 50. B. The number is greater than 50 and ends with a 3, 5, 7 or 9

Answer A and you have a 50% chance of being correct. Answer B and you only have a 40% chance of being correct.

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