The logic puzzle almost everyone gets wrong
April 23, 2016 1 Comment
This is a very famous logic 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”
According to the Keith E. Stanovich in Scientific American more than 80 percent of people choose C, which is not the correct answer. The correct answer is A. Why?
This is another example of a similar problem:
There are only two handshakes in a meeting: John shakes hands with a person, this person shakes hands with Anna. Does a man shake hands with a woman in the meeting?