How about another meta-cognition quiz question?
Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at 4:54AM
Dan Kahan

About what fraction of general public gets this one correct?

Jack is looking at Anne but Anne is looking at George. Jack is married but George is not. Is a married person looking at an unmarried person? [a. Yes; b. No; c.Cannot be determined.]

Anwers--to both questions-- later today

1.          LOOKING. Jack is looking at Anne but Anne is looking at George. Jack is married but George is not. Is a married person looking at an unmarried person? [a. Yes c.  No c.  Cannot be determined.]

Update on Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at 12:46PM by Registered CommenterDan Kahan

Answer is "yes."

This one is pretty difficult, but not as hard as any that involves conditional probability. In my large, diverse public opinion sample, about 20% get it right.

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