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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Replying to @PhilosophyExp
@PhilosophyExp Hmm. That test is flawed, surely? Logically makes sense, but the existence of option 4 implies option 2 is in contrast. 1/33 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @owenphelps
@owenphelps@PhilosophyExp [>] absent in the 'language' of the Question page. Just makes it a sloppily-put-together puzzle or test. *shrugs*2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @LyonJE
@LyonJE@owenphelps Oh do be quiet, the pair of you. This is a standard test to show we can be misled by linguistic conventions.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @PhilosophyExp
@PhilosophyExp@owenphelps That's not being 'misled', that's linguistic interpretation. And 65% of English speakers read it that way.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @LyonJE
@LyonJE@PhilosophyExp Indeed! That's been my problem with this standard test for some time. It *thinks* it's a logic problem, but it's not.4 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @owenphelps
@owenphelps@LyonJE The analysis says precisely that people get it wrong because of linguistic conventions. This isn't a suprise.4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @PhilosophyExp
@PhilosophyExp But it's not showing people get it wrong. It's showing question setter didn't account for normal conventions.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@owenphelps ...formally incorrect"... it hasn't accounted for the fact that this is the case. Okay. Fair enough...
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