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The Wason Selection Task, a Simple Riddle Nearly Everyone Gets Wrong

The Wason Selection Task. What gets me is that almost 50% of mathematicians also get it wrong. That does not bode well for society. Though it does explain a lot.
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The Simple Riddle Nearly Everyone Gets Wrong
How logical are you? This simple riddle is challenging for most people, and even mathematicians as a whole struggle to solve it. Wason Selection Task
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Guy On A Buffalo - cougars and orphans

Rick Guinn, "the Guy on a Buffalo", second episode. And the cougar attack was real.
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Guy On A Buffalo - Episode 2 (Orphans, Cougars & What Not)
The second episode of "Guy on A Buffalo." Video and story adapted from the now-residing-in-the-public-domain film from 1978 - Buffalo Rider. Music, lyrics, editing and audio performance by Jomo Edwards of the Austin-based sardonic honky-tonk bluegrass band, The Possum Posse.

Tower of string tensegrity

Tension causes this string to stand up.

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