The official answer to this puzzle makes a huge assumption: that there is one correct answer. There is not one correct answer. (x, 2x, 4x) gives you a "yes" every time, therefore it is a correct answer, at least as automatically checkable, and there's an infinite number of such tuples. To find a "no" you're reduced to random guessing. That's not a puzzle, that's crap. The confirmation bias material might be true, but…
It's amusing that you went to a website on confirmation bias, did the puzzle incorrectly, presumably read the material on confirmation bias, but still suffer from the effects of confirmation bias.
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#43The official answer to this puzzle makes a huge assumption: that there is one correct answer. There is not one correct answer. (x, 2x, 4x) gives you a "yes" every time, therefore it is a correct answer, at least as automatically checkable, and there's an infinite number of such tuples. To find a "no" you're reduced to random guessing. That's not a puzzle, that's crap. The confirmation bias material might be true, but…
> There is not one correct answer. (x, 2x, 4x) gives you a "yes" every time Not true. What if x is negative?
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#44It responds "No" to (10000000000000000, 10000000000000001, 10000000000000002) so the rule is not so simple after all :)
That also means that for(i=0;i<j;++i){} doesn't necessarily terminate for an arbitrary j smaller than infinity, which I find hilarious.
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#45It responds "No" to (10000000000000000, 10000000000000001, 10000000000000002) so the rule is not so simple after all :)
Nedit: One of the other responses nailed it. IEEE standards on 64 bit fp ops
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>In order to prove their point effectively without falling in the same trap they are pointing, they should conduct the same experiment with a random example each time, not one especially created to mislead the experimentee. This is the point though - we all have preexisting beliefs, and we often don't critically question those beliefs. The [x,2x,4x] pattern injected into our minds by nytimes is playing the part of th…
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#47I got 7 yes, 5 no, and was still wrong. Maybe I'm just dumb.
Were you testing a pre-supposed hypothesis that confirmed itself?
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#48The official answer to this puzzle makes a huge assumption: that there is one correct answer. There is not one correct answer. (x, 2x, 4x) gives you a "yes" every time, therefore it is a correct answer, at least as automatically checkable, and there's an infinite number of such tuples. To find a "no" you're reduced to random guessing. That's not a puzzle, that's crap. The confirmation bias material might be true, but…
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#49So, after all, I think I fall in the trap of confirmation bias that the sequence must consist of numbers only.
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#50> A mere 8 percent heard at least three nos I guessed correctly with only 2 nos. Since there is no penalty for guessing incorrectly here, I felt safe enough with my theory. I might have checked for more nos, if I had to announce my theory publicly (Twitter, comment, etc). However, I also knew about Confirmation Bias beforehand.
You can enter all kinds of crazy random sequences which only have The Rule in common and get a yes, which seemed to be enough assurance. If you're trying to get it to say "no" but failing, is that still confirmation bias? Doesn't sound like it.