It doesn't say anything about Anne. Either she's single, and there is a married person looking at her. Or she is married, and she's looking at a single person But George is the only single one... So he must be the iPhone user
c) there is no statement on Anne's marital status with either Jack or George or anyone else.
Nor is there a statement of "three people in a room, two are married" limiter. Undetermined.
Mathematically, it is still possible to make an Anne-sandwich though.
I hear tell you�re doin� well,
Good things have come to you.
I wish I had your good-luck charm,
And you had a do-wacka-do, wacka do, wacka-do, wacka-do.
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Back-Space wins... but then, I'm not sure if it says the higher thinkers will get the wrong answer or not... hmmmmmmm
It’s about “dysrationalia,” which is what happens when people with nominally high IQ’s end up thinking irrationally.
And the answer is the first option. But over 80 percent of people choose the third option. Here’s the solution: the puzzle doesn’t say whether Anne is married or not, but she either is or she isn’t. If Anne is married, she’s looking at George, so the answer is “yes”; if she’s unmarried, Jack is looking at her, so the answer is still “yes.” The underlying reason why smart people get the wrong answer is (according to the article) that they simply don’t take the time to go carefully through all of the possibilities, instead taking the easiest inference. The patience required to go through all the possibilities doesn’t correlate very well with intelligence.
Back-Space wins... but then, I'm not sure if it says the higher thinkers will get the wrong answer or not... hmmmmmmm
It�s about �dysrationalia,� which is what happens when people with nominally high IQ�s end up thinking irrationally.
And the answer is the first option. But over 80 percent of people choose the third option. Here�s the solution: the puzzle doesn�t say whether Anne is married or not, but she either is or she isn�t. If Anne is married, she�s looking at George, so the answer is �yes�; if she�s unmarried, Jack is looking at her, so the answer is still �yes.� The underlying reason why smart people get the wrong answer is (according to the article) that they simply don�t take the time to go carefully through all of the possibilities, instead taking the easiest inference. The patience required to go through all the possibilities doesn�t correlate very well with intelligence.
I believe the "higher thinkers" would usually get the answer right...
I'll be the first to admit my reading comprehension is not the best but I stand by my answer. I read it many, many times before coming to a conclusion.
Plus when I tried to read the answer to this trick question, it was more confusing then the question itself.
So I'll just stick with wrong but pretend I'm right.