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are-you-smarter-than-other-new-york-times-readers
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 7:51 pm
by Vyrosama
Re: are-you-smarter-than-other-new-york-times-readers
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 8:22 pm
by Peijen
my 20 seconds answer is *0*
Now let me think about it some more
Re: are-you-smarter-than-other-new-york-times-readers
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 10:01 pm
by Jonathan
you only did better than about 27 percent of players
I know math but not psychology, evidently.
Re: are-you-smarter-than-other-new-york-times-readers
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 10:07 pm
by Alan
I did better than 75% of players.
Re: are-you-smarter-than-other-new-york-times-readers
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2015 12:34 am
by quantus
About 25 percent of readers guessed closer than you.
I thought that people would guess lower because of the second example. For me, k~3.5
Re: are-you-smarter-than-other-new-york-times-readers
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2015 12:56 am
by Dave
I guessed 50 because i stopped reading.
Re: are-you-smarter-than-other-new-york-times-readers
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2015 1:34 am
by Alan
quantus wrote: About 25 percent of readers guessed closer than you.
I thought that people would guess lower because of the second example. For me, k~3.5
I think we had the same thought process and therefore the same guess.
Re: are-you-smarter-than-other-new-york-times-readers
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2015 4:55 am
by VLSmooth
Now to read your answers (I didn't want to be biased).
My answer in tiny text.
I assumed an average of 30 so picked 20. The winner was 19; oh well!
Re: are-you-smarter-than-other-new-york-times-readers
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 11:38 am
by Dave
How dare we not have the [spoiler] forum edit?!
Re: are-you-smarter-than-other-new-york-times-readers
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 1:26 pm
by VLSmooth
"i no rite!"
(yeah, I tried to use spoiler and saw it fail the preview check)
Re: are-you-smarter-than-other-new-york-times-readers
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 6:30 pm
by Jonathan
Honestly, this phpBB3 is a crazy old forum software. I've done some modest poking on alternatives. There's a lot of newer forums available, but the open source ones are not really in push-button state yet.