(November 19, 2014 at 2:16 am)Surgenator Wrote: Just for fun, answer the following question without looking up the answers. And please hide your answers.
1. A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost? ____cents
2. If it takes 5 machines 5 minutes to make 5 widgets, how long would it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets? _____minutes
3. In a lake, there is a patch of lily pads. Every day, the patch doubles in size. If it takes 48 days for the patch to cover the entire lake, how long would it take for the patch to cover half of the lake? _____days
According to social psychologists Will M. Gervais and Ara Norenzayan, your answers depend show how likely you are to believe in God or the supernatural. I'm curious if our answers will support the psychologist hypothesis.
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
