Cognitive Miserliness

Article about cognitive miserliness. Those who attempt to answer the question usually pick the wrong answer due to miserliness. Of course, there are some who are so miserly that they won't even attempt to read or solve the problem. TLDR.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rational-and-irrational-thought-the-thinking-that-iq-tests-miss/

problem:

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

 

The answer is YES because if Anne is MARRIED then she’s looking at George who is NOT MARRIED, If Anne is SINGLE then she’s being stared at by Jack who is MARRIED



Hotwater

 

c) cannot be determined

 

I'd like to change my answer to A) and declare myself as a cognitive miser

 

To be fair I got the other two right, so I'm only 33.3% cognitively miserly

 

Why do I need to know this info

 

i assume it will be relevant in some wife sharing thread that jack or george will soon be posting.

 

Since Anne's marital status is unknown, the answer is (C).

 

It doesn't say who George is looking at. He might be gay? They all might be preparing for the six legged beast.

 

My mind is too generous to waste time on such a boring and pointless puzzle.

 

since they are all mundane twits i have never met and have no wish to, doesn't everyone look at everyone anyway?

how do you keep from walking into people if you don't look to see where you're going?

how do i know they're mundane twits? because they're making a big deal about this kind of crap. about who's looking at who.

i'm watching trains and squirrels. "ef" (watching) humans.

and no, this isn't miserliness. miserliness is not giving a shit what kind of world they have to live in.