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comment by tauta_krypta
tauta_krypta  ·  3416 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A Three-Question Quiz To Test Your Rationality

I got them all right; how did other people do?





cgod  ·  3416 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I am not convinced the answer to number two is correct.

tauta_krypta  ·  3415 days ago  ·  link  ·  

There's no point flipping J over, because the rule doesn't say anything about cards which don't have a vowel on the letter side. There's no point flipping 2 over, because if it isn't a vowel then the rule doesn't specify anything, and if it is a vowel, then the number is even anyway, so the rule still holds. On the other hand, if 9 has a vowel on the opposite side, the rule is incorrect, so you have to flip it over to check. Likewise, if U has an odd number on the opposite side, the rule is also incorrect, so you have to flip it over too.

elizabeth  ·  3416 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Me too, but I might have lucked out on the 2nd one. It just felt intuitive to flip these two cards, but I could not rationally justify why. I just sort of knew it. Maybe i've taken this test before but don't remember?