65% of people who have taken this simple logic test have failed. Can you be among the 35%? "What Does Mary Do?" http://bit.ly/ZH99xh
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@owenphelps@PhilosophyExp [>] absent in the 'language' of the Question page. Just makes it a sloppily-put-together puzzle or test. *shrugs*
@LyonJE @owenphelps Oh do be quiet, the pair of you. This is a standard test to show we can be misled by linguistic conventions.
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@PhilosophyExp@owenphelps That's not being 'misled', that's linguistic interpretation. And 65% of English speakers read it that way. -
@LyonJE In the context of a test, of course it's being misled. Plus there's a lot of post facto rationalization going on here. -
@PhilosophyExp No, not post facto in my case. 'Twas the 1st thing that struck me. You can't dictate a single interpretation of organic lang. -
@LyonJE So what you're saying is you deliberately got it wrong? Hmmm. Plus, you did read the analysis, right? You know, where it says...
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