Harvard study on people who believe in God

[SoSick]

lol

Shenhav and his colleagues investigated that question in a series of studies. In the first, 882 American adults answered online surveys about their belief in God. Next, the participants took a three-question math test with questions such as, "A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?"

The intuitive answer to that question is 10 cents, since most people's first impulse is to knock $1 off the total. But people who use "reflective" reasoning to question their first impulse are more likely to get the correct answer: 5 cents.

Sure enough, people who went with their intuition on the math test were found to be one-and-a-half times more likely to believe in God than those who got all the answers right. The results held even when taking factors such as education and income into account.

http://news.yahoo.com/belief-god-boi...104403461.html





derp

[Eshamed51]

religion is a neurological disorder

[bossavery]

im confused why does theball only cost 5 cents?

[Realism]

This test is being used for everything it seems.

[CannibalJester]

how is it 5 cents
this is idiotic it could also be 10 cents

[devincanada]

fuarrrrrk i said 10c at first but now i get it

1.00-.10= .90c
1.05-.05=1.00

[Realism]

im confused why does theball only cost 5 cents?

The bat is $1 more than the ball.

$1.05 + .05 = $1.10

[Num3n]

im confused why does theball only cost 5 cents?

x2 not afraid to say idk here

[Rezlov]

im confused why does theball only cost 5 cents?

$0.05 is the ball.
$1.05 is the bat.

The difference is $1.00 and the total is $1.10.

[TryHarderFish]

People who say 10 cents must have literally not even spent 1 second thinking about it. lol

[ZebraTesticles]

2 items, bat = + 1 dollar, total is 110.
bat = 1.05, ball = .5
if it was 1.00 and 10 cents, then it would be +.9

[vudoodoodoo]

im confused why does theball only cost 5 cents?

if the ball is 10 cents, and the bat is $1, the bat would only be 90 cents more than the ball.

[jcant]

how is it 5 cents
this is idiotic it could also be 10 cents

1.0 - .1 = 1.0 now?

[theheffnerr]

Bat=1.05
Ball=0.05
1.05+0.05=1.10
1.05-0.05=1.00 <-- dollar more

Bat=1.00
Ball=0.10
Bat + ball = 1.10
Bat - ball = 0.90 <-- not a dollar more.


also
48÷2(9+3) = 288

[Derek1995]

how is it 5 cents
this is idiotic it could also be 10 cents

lol fuking misc

[CunningStunt]

im confused why does theball only cost 5 cents?

If the ball was 10c, then the bat would be $1.20, as it's a dollar more (a dollar more than 10c is $1.10).

Whereas if we assume the ball is 5c, the bat will be $1.05, making the total $1.10.

[JamaicaBrah]

lol at you guys

($1 + ball) + ball = 1.10
1 + 2ball = 1.10
2ball = 10
ball = 0.5

[xflydie]

(1+x)+x=1.10
2x+1=1.10
2x=.10
x= .5

edit: FUUUUU ^

[Num3n]

if the ball is 10 cents, and the bat is $1, the bat would only be 90 cents more than the ball.

mind = exploded

[yodlegern]

im confused why does theball only cost 5 cents?

.05 + 1(1+0.05)= 1

[CunningStunt]

Strong ninja edits lol.

[cCFear]

Im getting mind fuked

[belmont316]

im not religious but i failed.

[BruceBruce325]

religion is a neurological disorder

u mad

EDIT: at first i was like wha...then i was like huh... then i was like ooooooooooooo

[Realism]

People who say 10 cents must have literally not even spent 1 second thinking about it. lol

I believe they were under a 90 second time limit. The test is called the Cognitive Reflection Test.

Here you go misc:

Please answer the following questions. You have a total of 90 seconds, or 30 seconds per question:
A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?

If it takes five machines five minutes to make five widgets, how long does it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets?

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?

[howimliving]

bat= $1.01
ball= $0.01
ST= $1.02
tax@7.5%= $0.08
GT= $1.10

[TryHarderFish]

Are you guys ****ing serious?

edit: next up we're doing 7+12*6

[Jalalalalalala]

holy sh¡t strong thread derailment by misc retards who cant do basic math. this is elementary level ffs

[Ballr4Life]

I don't get why this isn't obvious.

In a situation with no absolute proof at all which is existent, still believing in that situation requires "faith".

[jon555]

So basically what is the equivalent of an 8th grade algebra class is too much for many miscers.