Why Smart People Are Stupid

16 Jun 2012 14:53 #1 by LOL
Here’s a simple arithmetic question: A bat and ball cost a dollar and ten cents. The bat costs a dollar more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?

Very clever.

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16 Jun 2012 16:19 #2 by otisptoadwater
If a rooster lays an egg on the peak of the barn roof and the peak of the roof is oriented from north to south but the prevailing winds come from the west to the east, which side of the roof will the egg roll off of?

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19 Jun 2012 06:49 #3 by FredHayek
Roosters don't lay eggs.

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19 Jun 2012 07:09 #4 by Nobody that matters
That's an interesting article, but I think they're looking in the wrong direction... These types of questions are solved more easilly by those with a love of puzzles and riddles. Those that don't have time for simple trivialities like that are more prone to the intellectual mistakes shown in the article.

At least, that's my opinion.

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