RE: Intutive vs Analytical
November 20, 2014 at 1:25 am
(This post was last modified: November 20, 2014 at 1:39 am by Jenny A.)
(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.
Just peeked at all the other answers. I guess we are pretty analytical bunch, though being warned it was a test of analytical versus intuitive sharpened my thinking a little.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
