5 Ways 'Common Sense' Lies To You Everyday
This girl at school? She told me that gelatin is made from ground-up cow's feet and that every time you eat Jell-O there's some cow out there limping around without any feet. But I told her that I'm sure the cow is dead before they cut its feet off, right?
Dawn ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Mar 16, 2009 7:19:23 am PDT #10887 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Dana - Mar 16, 2009 7:22:55 am PDT #10888 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I saw that about Ron Silver last night. Sad. It's scary to reach the point where celebrities who die are regularly younger than your parents.
Kathy A - Mar 16, 2009 7:27:10 am PDT #10889 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I'm just blown away by the idea that my president is younger than my brother.
Trudy Booth - Mar 16, 2009 7:28:28 am PDT #10890 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I remember the Olympics when I got older than everyone. That smarted.
Gudanov - Mar 16, 2009 7:31:44 am PDT #10891 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
5 Ways 'Common Sense' Lies To You Everyday
My favorite violation of 'Common Sense' is the Monty Hall Problem, because it is so simple a setup yet even after charting out why the answer is the way it is it's very hard to accept.
Emily - Mar 16, 2009 7:38:03 am PDT #10892 of 30000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I cannot believe that cracked.com is not blocked by my school.
Gudanov - Mar 16, 2009 7:41:13 am PDT #10893 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
I think I've posted the Monty Hall Problem here before, but it goes like this. You've got a game show where there are three doors to choose from. Behind one door is the prize, behind the other two is a goat. Once the player selects a door, the host (who knows which door has the prize) will then reveal the goat behind one of the unselected doors. The player is then allowed to pick the remaining unselected door, or stick with the first selection. For the best chance to win should the player make the switch, stick with the originally selected door, or does it make any difference?
Answer: The Player should switch doors, which will double the chances of winning.
lisah - Mar 16, 2009 8:05:56 am PDT #10894 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
I think I've posted the Monty Hall Problem here before, but it goes like this.
ACK! I think this is one of those things that, no matter how many ways it is explained to me, I will never understand!
Jesse - Mar 16, 2009 8:08:19 am PDT #10895 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Wait. Double? It goes from 1/3 to 1/2, doesn't it?
Lee - Mar 16, 2009 8:08:46 am PDT #10896 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
For the best chance to win should the player make the switch, stick with the originally selected door, or does it make any difference?
I knew the answer, but only because Charlie explained it on Numb3rs back when I still watched it.