Why did you have to say "Most Harvard students don't get this right..." Because now there are a bunch of 9 year olds thinking that they're gods and mathematical geniuses..
@Jonathan-tl2qw7 жыл бұрын
Srijan 😂
@cameronguy39647 жыл бұрын
Srijan xD
@lightningprowess60317 жыл бұрын
Lol
@ichangedmynamebutnotmypict84247 жыл бұрын
Srijan I've seen that question too many times to count in 3rd grade (inside and outside of school) so yeah.
@deathgripsnightcore81217 жыл бұрын
Shane Hall I am 13 :)
@sabbirahmedhimel45278 жыл бұрын
i failed ... does that mean I will get into harvard?
@subtlethingsinlife8 жыл бұрын
haha , probably you are already in Harvard
@maddhatter69388 жыл бұрын
I got it right! I first represented the problem as two equations. I then used the elimination method for solving simultaneous equations and got $0.05 (5c). Or, you know, common logic.
@BigDBrian8 жыл бұрын
That's not how probability works :P
@sabbirahmedhimel45278 жыл бұрын
But thats a positive correlation and based on the claim that 50% of harv grads gosh thats huge stupid claim :P !
@CRC4898 жыл бұрын
The third questions answer is 47 days
@bensonzhang73317 жыл бұрын
Ok, I got the question right. Where's my acceptance letter for Harvard?
@Kino-Imsureq7 жыл бұрын
*HARVARD BIRTH CERTIFICATE* Name of Parents: *who in the world are they*, Name of Child: *DRAVRAH* REJECTED BY: *Garbage*
@abduldiallo66506 жыл бұрын
It's not that easy!
@peachinne53456 жыл бұрын
Abdul Diallo then your a doo-doo head.
@abduldiallo66506 жыл бұрын
xXThe Kawaii Cute Nekø Girl! Lewd Rper!Xx, Yh most of the time but what I was trying to say here is that it's not easy to get I to Harvard as u have to get at least half to be able to get in to it (or if you're really lucky and have get close to half) and it's out of 1600 (the new one). I got the first (at the beginning) & second question correct the third one though I didn't😂😂
@abduldiallo66506 жыл бұрын
xXThe Kawaii Cute Nekø Girl! Lewd Rper!Xx, I thank u for not calling me any names as when someone gets something wrong in a place like Facebook or KZbin they start assuming and start calling u names so again I thank u☺️☺️
@rainatl5y7 жыл бұрын
Me: *looks at title* "doesn't that just mean the other half get it right"
@wesley17597 жыл бұрын
Big Numbers = Big Views 99.99999999% Can't see this comment
@junkmail46137 жыл бұрын
Raina Pink 1 month ago 'Me: looks at title "doesn't that just mean the other half get it right"' No it doesn't. That's the useless, no value added answer, that SERVES NO PURPOSE, other than to make a lame attempt to get a laugh. What it really means is that half the Harvard students are NOT SMARTER THAN A SIXTH GRADER. I would then say, that this sounds like an AMERICAN HOMELAND NATIONAL SECURITY CRISIS. Suggesting Trump aught to climb up on the stick, before it comes out his mouth!!! ? What do you think?
@rainatl5y7 жыл бұрын
Junk Mail 😂 I was just asking...
@junkmail46137 жыл бұрын
Raina Pink 2 hours ago "Junk Mail 😂 I was just asking... " At first I thought you said you were joking.... but then you said you were serious..... in which case I'm forced to say, " First thing tomorrow morning, you run down to school, and the very first teacher you see, you fall down on your knees and you implore them, to please please tutor you, because you've squandered every single opportunity your teachers have provided you all the way up to first or second grade or what ever maximum grade you've bluffed your way thru, and don't quit until they agree to help you, and you go ahead to EVERY teacher you see, and do the same to them. Then you go home, back to your parents and plead and apologize to them for being an absolute wastrel of every golden opportunity they gave you and you beg THEIR forgiveness, and you keep doing this procedure up every hour of every day until you turn 18 when they kick you the hell out-of-there and you have to start earning your own board and keep. Then you beg your way into a job, and every day you beg, and apologize, and ask forgiveness of your boss, and his boss, and his boss and do this 6 days and 23 hours, and the one hour you're not doing that to your bosses, you do it to you pastor or priest. And you'll be doing this for the rest of your life, apologizing "Because you were just asking, instead of being intelligent and thinking for yourself" There ain't no sanctuary no place to hide for you except a cardboard box under the bridge. And of course on the Trump White House Cabinet, as an adviser and a door knob. where everyone wants to give you a crank. And I wasn't joking, I was DEAD SERIOUS. DON'T TRIGGER ME !!! don't ask the question if you don't want the answer. Change the question !!!
@charliedelfino21027 жыл бұрын
Junk Mail dude, calm down. Your last comment was hardly necessary. All they did was make a remark- a correct remark whether it was useless or not.
@onlyicedgarrett77918 жыл бұрын
So, long story short, they got cocky and answered the question too fast without thinking about it.
@onlyicedgarrett77918 жыл бұрын
Mike J. I watched the video from beginning to end, and my analogy is an easy way to explain the concept of System 1. They answered the question like a reflex rather than problem solving through it, because they thought it was easy. Plus, it explains the title of "50% of Harvard students missing the question", which was my objective with that comment. I've had my fair share of test questions I've missed because I didn't think about it hard enough, thinking that it was a no brainer. I'm not saying they're a bunch of idiots. However, they got the question wrong, saying they made the correct play isn't right either. Breezing through the questions, which is instinctive in this instance, was the wrong choice.
@onlyicedgarrett77918 жыл бұрын
Mike J. If that's the case, well, I guess anyone would've gotten it wrong. It's pretty hard to answer those when you're in System 1. I guess that explains why professional test takers would only have a 50% win rate against those questions. They were forced into System 1.
@Emteon8 жыл бұрын
Garrett Seno It's not being cock at all. It's acting in impulse.
@mavi1k4818 жыл бұрын
Garrett Seno they probably just answered quick because it seems like such a simple question
@KIMFPawp8 жыл бұрын
Garrett Seno No, that's not it. It shows how quick our brains are to answer seemingly simple questions. Almost without choice
@Christian_Prepper8 жыл бұрын
ANSWERS: If it takes 5 machines 5 minutes to make 5 widgets, how long would it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets? 5 MINUTES In a lake there is a patch of lily pads. Every day, the patch doubles in size. If it takes 48 days for the patch to cover the entire lake, how long would it take to cover half the lake? 47 DAYS
@danielbaker77598 жыл бұрын
Wow. Clever. Well Done (no sarcasm inteneded (that just makes it sounds like im being sarcastic (im really not)))
@Edgard4228 жыл бұрын
We all know you are
@danielbaker77598 жыл бұрын
I seriously not. I'm thick af and was not expecting them awnsers. I was impressed.
@LeandroR998 жыл бұрын
Do you agree that the first one could be misleading? If you say that 5 machines takes 5 minutes to make 5 widgets, you can interpret that each machine takes 5 minutes individually and they work at the same time, OR that 5 machines take 1 minute each, operating one by one and resulting in 5 minutes of work. So the answer could be: a) 100 machines taking 5 minutes to make 100 widgets b) 100 machines taking 100 minutes to make 100 widgets
@elizabethgraves43188 жыл бұрын
20 min, 47 days
@Alchemist13307 жыл бұрын
The clickbait title that over 50% will click on.
@Darkfreestyler7 жыл бұрын
Alchemist1330, kind of. He could have thought about a better title without it being click bait. But hey, it at least isn't useless stuff like almost any click bait video.
@amirelangouri754 жыл бұрын
I know it is so clickbait and fake anyone knows that
@jaerompamintuan96043 жыл бұрын
the first question was stupid because both answers are right.
@PubuduDodangoda Жыл бұрын
@@jaerompamintuan9604 no
@victorfernandez40544 жыл бұрын
I answered all of them correct, bring me my Harvard acceptance letter XD.
@amirelangouri754 жыл бұрын
This is fake tho
@omarsabry94894 жыл бұрын
correctly*
@louisvictor34734 жыл бұрын
@@omarsabry9489 No no, the answer he gave to each answer was just the word "correct".
@casmartin7903 жыл бұрын
@@omarsabry9489 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣, brilliant!!
@Alehan-gt4ec3 жыл бұрын
Same I’m waiting
@ReneePrower8 жыл бұрын
For those who are second-guessing themselves: 2) Five minutes. 3) 47 days.
@Javinkal8 жыл бұрын
just what I thought! thanks :)
@TheDeqiro8 жыл бұрын
That's what I got also.
@Illuminatiman448 жыл бұрын
I got 47 days but why 5 minutes
@fcnator8 жыл бұрын
because in 100machines there are 20 groups of 5 which will make 5 widgets each in 5 minutes. 20 groups * 5 = 100
@antobella28 жыл бұрын
+TheOblivionisdoom adding more machines doesn't accelerate them. they still make 1 widget in five minutes. so if you have 100 machines they'll make 100 widgets, one for each, in five minutes.
@raysson18 жыл бұрын
The reason students get simple tests like these wrong is because they are drilled to be fast and not to be thorough. Often they get confronted with exams in their school life which they can only finish if they solve the questions fast and don't take time to think about the problem.
@EduardoCruz-ik2ik8 жыл бұрын
i completely agree witu you and that is the priblem with many high grade schools or schools that teach k-12 is that they time you during test in college you have all the time in the world to answer the questions
@HermosoEcuador8 жыл бұрын
#21
@Optimus61288 жыл бұрын
Exactly. I am a slow thinker and always hated exams. It's thinking under stress. And some people will say "yeah, because in the real world you might have to think fast and correct". I don't like this. Some of the best solutions are not instathinking but careful out of the box thinking.
@taseenkhan52048 жыл бұрын
Math tests are intentionally not designed this way.
@mikee7588 жыл бұрын
I don't like that you even call yourself a 'slow thinker' you are a 'discerner' lol 😊
@GameSmith7 жыл бұрын
I think the problem with the world is that most people think about politics using system 1.
@Dempsey220007 жыл бұрын
GameSmith I agree the system one goes off of the social norm mainly instead of putting some thought into it and they see someone who is doing better than them or is in a so higher place in life and just automatically assume that person is right
@TheNBAFreak7 жыл бұрын
GameSmith I think you are absolutely right. Before watching this, I was, too.
@alexku84527 жыл бұрын
Samuel Dempsey I also just realized the full purpose behind the choice of font type and size in yellow press papers headlines
@jesusfingers89617 жыл бұрын
That's what partisan politics induces and it makes people go against their better interests along party lines.
@tanvi_18407 жыл бұрын
I think we live in the same world bro....
@anuragggsingh6 жыл бұрын
The answer for question 2 and 3 are 5 minutes and 47 days respectively.
@altonmassson5 жыл бұрын
Anurag Singh yep
@yairrossbach31395 жыл бұрын
Well done!
@ainombanerjee11885 жыл бұрын
Why 47 days
@ainombanerjee11885 жыл бұрын
Oh I got it
@ainombanerjee11885 жыл бұрын
By the 47th day it already became the size of the half of the lake. one more day spent and done .
@Writermist8 жыл бұрын
My brain switched to system 2 because they said most people get this wrong. :) question 2 - 5 minutes question 3 - 47
@potatoeshavefeelingstoo89728 жыл бұрын
Writermist can u tell me how u got it (im dumb)
@Writermist8 жыл бұрын
Question 2 says it takes 5 machines 5 minutes to make 5 widgets. So EACH of those 5 machines, are making their ONE widget. 5 minutes is how long it takes for a widget to get made. ONE machine making ONE widgets takes 5 minutes. They just happen to have 5 machines at the same time. So if you have 100 machines. It's still gonna take 5 minutes. Question 3 Every day the patch DOUBLED. 48 days the whole thing is covered. that means on day 47 it was half way covered. (think half of a pizza) next day, (day 48) it doubled. (a whole pizza) :D
@deeptochatterjee5328 жыл бұрын
Potatoes Have Feelings Too If it takes x minutes for 5 machines to make 5 widgets, then you can multiply the 5 by 20 to increase the product to 100 widgets without changing the time. So it will still take x minutes which in this case is 5 On the 48th day the whole lake is engulfed, and the patch doubles everyday, then we can reverse the process and say the day before the patch was half as large. The day before was the 47th day and half as large as the entire lake is half the lake. So it must be 47 days
@secretdt7048 жыл бұрын
Where are the other 2 questions?
@Writermist8 жыл бұрын
at the end of the video
@dodec84498 жыл бұрын
I hate how all these people in the comments talk about people who got these questions wrong as "retarded", "morons" and "stupid". That is not the point of these kind of tests. If you see that question about the bat and the baseball, the first thing which will pop up in your head is "10 cents!". Then some people might think "Wait ... but what if I missed someting ... let's think it through .... " Let's be honest here ... who didn't thought immediately "10 cents!". I did and I eventually answered "5 cents", but if I'm honest: this is only because the title of this video already suggests it's about a trick question, so I was extra aware. If I didn't knew anything about the test and I had to answer it within a time limit, I think I would be one of those people that answerd "10 cents!". It's just how our brains work. Our brain has a bias towards lazy (but efficient!) solutions. Which is a good thing btw, because most of our daily tasks don't need very deep thinking. So I don't see it as shocking that 50% of Harvard students got this wrong. Seeing the world in black and white, a world of intelligent people and "morons", not being honest that everyone makes mistakes like this because that's just how are brains work ... that is REALLY stupid.
@Untoldanimations8 жыл бұрын
Yeah but most non-stupid people would at least think about their answer before they comment it
@dodec84498 жыл бұрын
+Nate Wootton Really initially initially? I don't mean your "first answer", I mean the answer that popped up in your head a split second after you read the riddle. So this thought doesn't count: "Wait, this is not 10 cents of course, it's 5 cents", because then you obviously thought that it was 10 cents first.
@theuncalledfor8 жыл бұрын
+Dodec84 The fucking idiots are the people who don't get it even after it's been explained to them.
@okuno548 жыл бұрын
+Dodec84 Yeah initially. I'm in a similar spot: when the video said "most people would say 10c", I was like "lol wut, that doesn't add up". Perhaps it was the presentation in the form of an equation, but I immediately filled in the second equation, realized I had two linear eqs in two variables, and it was just a matter of cranking out the algebra. I'm totally prepared to believe that some people won't go down the wrong track, especially since we're primed even from the video title that trick questions are about to ensue. That said, I'm kinda ashamed of how long it took me to put the equation together for question 2, and then only realizing after I had solved it that there's a neat little lateral move that can be done. Oh well, such is life.
@toka19788 жыл бұрын
+Ryan Harrington The Bat has to be at least 1$ so total 1.10$-1$ leaves 0.10$ to ensure the Bat is exactly 1$ more you need to split the 0.10$ into 2 equal parts making the Ball 0.05$ and the Bat 1.05$
@ash641818 жыл бұрын
I got all of them right, can I go harvard now
@sel55958 жыл бұрын
Ash no one is stopping u to go to 'havard'
@Kingwil4978 жыл бұрын
Lol
@Kingwil4978 жыл бұрын
Sure m8... you can go to "havard" anytime you want.
@koenvandalen40358 жыл бұрын
If you ever find 'havard', chase your dreams!
@koenvandalen40358 жыл бұрын
If you ever find 'havard', chase your dreams!
@friedwater65196 жыл бұрын
1:46 *notice how chemistry actually falls back a bit*
@dhcarrot11955 жыл бұрын
AceofApples lol ikr
@IcepickL8 жыл бұрын
Implying that going to Harvard means you are intelligent.
@loadingreadylover6208 жыл бұрын
It does...
@IcepickL8 жыл бұрын
+LoadingReadyLover It means a recruiter thought you had particular attributes which they valued for one reason or another. It doesn't explicitly, or even implicitly imply intelligence.
@ErickOberholtzer8 жыл бұрын
+Icepick L Going to an Ivy League school does imply intelligence, just as not going to college implies a lack of intelligence. It does not prove it however.
@camelway8 жыл бұрын
+Icepick L Going Harvard implies your dad/mom is loaded with cash or use of affirmative action. Anything else is debatable.
@IcepickL8 жыл бұрын
+I'll Tell Ya What Out of curiosity, did you apply to Harvard?
@evathegrand8 жыл бұрын
so now I'm smarter than half of the people in Harvard?
@GeneralWarned8 жыл бұрын
Well, define "smarter". Sure you could say that.
@evathegrand8 жыл бұрын
smarter as in heavily concentrating on every question I get. This is why logical thinking is hard for me
@ekathe858 жыл бұрын
Not necessarily. System 1 thinking exists for a reason, time is also a factor in everyday life. You can't count the change at the store as if you're in an algebra exam. And naturally, we'll guess wrong when faced with problems that seem to be easy to solve at first glance.
@benjamingillam12188 жыл бұрын
Being dumber might actually help on this test. Seeing the bat and ball question could feel so hard for you, that you automatically switch to type 2 thinking, which is more meticulous and will get you the correct answer. The only reason these guys missed any of them was because they were tricked (I assume everyone who goes to Harvard had to pass Calculus in high school).
@evathegrand8 жыл бұрын
Benjamin Gillam that's true, but you still need to be smart enough to be able to answer it. I just concentrated because it felt way to easy a question to make a video about
@TheRealBoomslice8 жыл бұрын
Coincidentally there is also a bias in intelligence after watching videos such as this. Because people are more likely to critically think about their answers after just being told that most people don't.
@bencarroll82038 жыл бұрын
Well... Obviously. If I say WARNING THIS QUESTION WILL MISLEAD YOU before asking you a question of cource you're going to think carefully about it
@Dazaer8 жыл бұрын
According to another of his videos, if you're told "most people don't critically think, but you should" people won't critically think. The correct way to say it would be "most people critically think to answer this question correctly, so you should too"
@DavidVaughan008 жыл бұрын
+Phalax Just because everybody finds it obvious doesn't mean that everybody would have actually *noticed* it, had it not been pointed out. Many obvious facts are still worth stating out loud.
Olivia Johnson He didn’t distribute; he wasn’t multiplying. The brackets were simply removed because they had no effect on the equation. X + X + 1 = 2X + 1
@Composer_Piggy8 жыл бұрын
How are you supposed to know that the ball is 5 cents?
@tysonhansen8058 жыл бұрын
Magnificent Moonlight04 ur dumb
@UrasSomer8 жыл бұрын
Magnificent Moonlight04 You need to know how to add and subtract
@Composer_Piggy8 жыл бұрын
matt carson but why can't the ball be 10 cents
@Composer_Piggy8 жыл бұрын
Tyson Hansen I'm not dumb, I just don't know why the all isn't ten cents
@blazingbojo49328 жыл бұрын
Magnificent Moonlight04 if the ball was 10 cents then the bat being a dollar more than the ball would add up to $1.10, and if you add the $1.10 bat with the already $.10 cent ball, you would get $1.20 in total
@j-r-m77758 жыл бұрын
These questions were easy. If I were given these by someone, who I knew was analyzing me, I would know to slow down and easily get them right. The only way I could see myself getting these wrong is if they were buried in a test of simple questions. If all the other questions were simple, straight-forward, questions with obvious first-thought answers, and I wasn't looking for a potential "trickish" question, I might be fooled.
@nickstrauch21328 жыл бұрын
The people being tested had around 1 minute per question
@j-r-m77758 жыл бұрын
Nick James I don't think time is really that much of a factor. Those aren't problems that have to be worked out with multiple steps. It just comes down to if you are "fooled" by them or not.
@nickstrauch21328 жыл бұрын
+James Reese I completely agree, the only reason I think time is a factor is because the test taker may have been rushed.
@j-r-m77758 жыл бұрын
+Nick James yeah that could've been a factor
@markcarls18968 жыл бұрын
+James Reese Pay your debts
@volcanosauce008 жыл бұрын
Ball: 5 cents Bat: $1.05 Super easy question
@volcanosauce008 жыл бұрын
Answer to #2: 5 minutes Answer to #3: 47 days
@humptyDumptyHadAGreatFall8 жыл бұрын
yes they are but if you are doing a simple test and you dont have much time, as usually in higher education you dont get lot of time in tests you simply fast read it and fast answer the logical answer which is wrong.
@RubberToeA8 жыл бұрын
garner montgomery it's actually 1 minute
@Danification98 жыл бұрын
^ It's 5 minutes.
@kenny.bender7 жыл бұрын
garner montgomery god ur so cool
@jadecastillo89497 жыл бұрын
Damn, I got it right, but after a lot of time haha... my first choice was Hogwarts anyway.
@jaso16977 жыл бұрын
Jade Castillo Me too, but I would probably be in Hufflepuff.. not that it is a bad thing 😂
@erudite56946 жыл бұрын
Sameee. Gryffindor ❤️
@tritonist27376 жыл бұрын
Jade Castillo Me too but I’ve still haven’t gotten my letter yet.
@random200004 жыл бұрын
I would be in slytherin tbh , i would do anything to get my dreams just like other slytherins :)
@ndricimhalili97938 жыл бұрын
Well I learned not to be quick in answering questions and riddles. Because I would always be wrong. The easier the question is the more I'll think about it, trying to find a trickery in it.
@leteveryoneknow8 жыл бұрын
+Ndriqim Halili That is good. With this attitude, in real life you are less likely to fall for a bait.
@betabug_00448 жыл бұрын
That's what I do too. Every time it's a simple question, I'll tend to read it more and try to find a trick in it
@Halibard8 жыл бұрын
Fnaf Icon, Literally didn't even read your comment.
@stanbroastman7918 жыл бұрын
Just accept you aren't that clever, if you cant even get there first time.
@alip828 жыл бұрын
+Stan Broastman are you stupid?
@shanious48048 жыл бұрын
5 minutes. 47 days
@erinberger42188 жыл бұрын
That's the answer I claim as well. Are we correct? I think so!
@daviddechamplain57188 жыл бұрын
We are in agreement and correct.
@Ulindria8 жыл бұрын
wouldn't it be one minute?
@JD-qq4bm8 жыл бұрын
1 machine would make 1 widget in 5 minutes, it takes 5 minutes for a machine to make a widget regardless of how many machines there are or widgets being made.
@dorusie58 жыл бұрын
@Shera If it reaches the entire lake in 48 days, and it doubles in size everyday, it would have reached half the lake a day earlier, so 47 days.
@alexk61268 жыл бұрын
You gave us literally no time to think about our answer :(
@unhygenicweeaboo9338 жыл бұрын
pause :p
@alexk61268 жыл бұрын
I didn't know the answer was gonna happen lol wasn't ready
@marlan__8 жыл бұрын
Yea, I didn't expect him to spoil it so fast. I paused as soon as he started saying "well that's your intuition" but it was already too late, it was already spoiled. I got the answer but I feel like I cheated by him telling me my intuition could be wrong.
@jettlaxholly8 жыл бұрын
It shouldn't take you more than 1 second
@alexk61268 жыл бұрын
jett lax unless you were waiting to see what the end of the question would be, to see if there were anymore variables, before you make a conclusion
@PhabioTheHost7 жыл бұрын
I was actually upset when I said 5 right at the beginning and the dude was like you said 10 right? I was saying " NO THAT'S WRONG!"
@kellyeaston27158 жыл бұрын
HARVARD HERE I COME
@quickeroats8 жыл бұрын
we're friends on fb
@kuanchan16968 жыл бұрын
I got it right in 8 seconds can I go to Harvard
@kuanchan16968 жыл бұрын
+Kuan Chan nvm I want to go to Yale
@CalDia048 жыл бұрын
+Kuan Chan I want to go to M.I.T. :P
@kingcriggin55378 жыл бұрын
Kelly Easton If I had money
@themaritimer10228 жыл бұрын
2. Five minutes 3. 47 days Anyone else get that?
@wesjohnson68338 жыл бұрын
+Canadian King Thats what i get, too.
@disruptivebunny67608 жыл бұрын
Got'em
@regretnothing24078 жыл бұрын
Yeah I got that too
@guidoinsunglasses63858 жыл бұрын
Yes it was pretty easy
@teriyakichicken18488 жыл бұрын
Actually it's 300 minutes because it takes 5 machines 1 minute to make 1 widget. So, it'll take 100 machines (20x the productivity, 60/20) 3 seconds to make 1 widget. 3*100 is 300 seconds. Fuck, I just realized what I did in my own comment. Maybe I used too much cognitive strain that I didn't realize how ridiculous 300 minutes is lol.
@r.pizzamonkey73798 жыл бұрын
The answer to the final questions 2: 5 minutes 3: 47 days EDIT: 3: 47 days and 1 day
@dloverise8 жыл бұрын
+R. pizzamonkey yey…I got it too!
@jarodbassett85338 жыл бұрын
+R. pizzamonkey 3 is fucking 1 day ...
@dokterew8 жыл бұрын
+Jarod Bassett It takes one day to cover the whole lake from 1/2 covered. It would take 47 days to cover 1/2.
@DreadKyller8 жыл бұрын
+Jarod Bassett Except it's not. think about it for a moment. Each day it doubles. so from day 4 to day 5 it doulbes in size. This means that from day 5 to day 4 it reduces in size by half. If it takes 48 days to cover the entire lake, it takes one less day to cover half of it. If each day the amount doubles, and we call the current day 'n', then the amount of Lilly-pads is 2^(n-1) multiplied by the starting amount. For day 1 that would be 2^0=1. for day 48 that would be 2^47=140,737,488,355,328. 1 is definitely not half of 140,737,488,355,328. You misinterpreted the question. The question is *not* asking how long it would take to fully cover the lack from half covered. It's asking how long it would take from the beginning to cover half the lake. Which would be one day less than the amount it takes to cover the full lake.
@chifowl88248 жыл бұрын
+R. pizzamonkey I agree that 5 minutes answers question 2 as presented, but there are quite a few implicit assumptions in question 2. That is, all of these mystery machines are (a) copies of one another, (b) are started at the same time, (c) and are only being iterated once. Even though it takes five minutes for 1 machine makes 1 widget per iteration, I could easily have 1 machine make the widget per year. It would then take 100 years and 5 minutes to get all 100 widgets. I'd probably die before this finishes if I haven't transferred my brain into a computer, by then.
@hnng14397 жыл бұрын
SO LITERALLY HE HELPS US REALIZE HOW DUMB WE ARE -_-
@aminulhussain22777 жыл бұрын
lil me *how dumb you are
@psychostevenuniversefan58457 жыл бұрын
No, but shure if you want to think you're dumb go ahead!
@m_uz12447 жыл бұрын
Psycho Steven Universe Fan You, uh, Misspelled "sure" buddy.
@hezekiahramirez69657 жыл бұрын
Biases don't make you dumb. We're perfectly capable of learning how to use our brains more effectively. Well, most of us at any rate.
@willowandluka53028 жыл бұрын
If you set up a simple algebra equation it's an easy question. Some people are just lazy and answer too quickly, like myself
@willowandluka53028 жыл бұрын
Ball = x, Bat = x + 1.00 x + (x + 1.00) = 1.10
@emeraldkargaming65078 жыл бұрын
Lol
@IamInfinity108 жыл бұрын
Cole Lutz we know, you don't need to impress anyone because nobody cares
@emonte81488 жыл бұрын
Who actually takes the time to comment 'nobody cares' on a helpful post? Edit: ahhh, a 'Drew Lynch' and 'FaZe Apex' fan.
@izyeboid60087 жыл бұрын
emonte814 What? Lmao
@retro73287 жыл бұрын
you mean 50% get right
@manuelmoreno947 жыл бұрын
you know that if 50% got it right still 50% that got it wrong
@randomperson20787 жыл бұрын
Manuel Moreno Obviously Boomfire 3 is an optimist.
@johnpeterson56297 жыл бұрын
I thought it said Hogwarts not Harvard
@theultimatecloroxbleach81237 жыл бұрын
John Peterson Lmao.
@Quintinity7 жыл бұрын
I wish
@velvetluna55037 жыл бұрын
HAHAH I WISH
@paparito.7 жыл бұрын
John Peterson lol i heard hogwarts too
@CamoSquid7 жыл бұрын
what time stamp?
@sorenkair7 жыл бұрын
Ok people, no need to brag about figuring out the right answer. These questions aren't inherently difficult at all. If you were just handed the quiz during your interview to fill it out like a questionnaire, you would be a lot more likely to get them wrong rather than if you were told beforehand that more than 50% of Oxford students got it wrong.
@stutir.52427 жыл бұрын
Sorenkair yeah....I was thinking the same 😕 that's why I'm not convinced
@33LB6 жыл бұрын
actually, no. it's not a particularly hard question.
@Northflowo6 жыл бұрын
That's the point of the video. It's not difficult and the fact that it doesn't look so difficult either is what makes people get it wrong after all.
@derekzhang43643 жыл бұрын
shutup
@mitrisharaiha89167 жыл бұрын
The last two answers are 5 minutes as it takes a machine 5 minutes to make 1 widget and as there is 100 to make and 100 machines then it will only take 5 minutes. The second question is 47 days. This is because on the 48th it will be fully covered as half that is 1 day before
@hamizanhr7 жыл бұрын
baka
@chubamoa36407 жыл бұрын
Mitri Sharaiha if it takes 5 machines 5 mins to make 5 widgets (let 1 machine take 1 min to make 1 widget) so it would take 1 min for 100 machines to make 100 widgets..
@robertjeffries9347 жыл бұрын
Jeremy Carryme no. because it still takes each machine 5 minutes to make a single widget.
@kasidi26297 жыл бұрын
Mitri Sharaiha they where pretty easy
@Milesco7 жыл бұрын
@ Jeremy: You're doing exactly what the writer of that question expected you to do -- see what appeared to be a pattern and then lazily jump to a conclusion without really giving it any thought. Yes, it's tempting to do that, because it avoids so much effort. But it's wrong. 5 machines taking 5 minutes to make 5 widgets does NOT equal one machine taking one minute to make one widget. In fact, in this scenario (if you think about it -- and of course, that's the whole issue: you have to *think!* ), it would take one machine 5 minutes to make one widget. If it takes one machine 5 minutes to make one widget, then 5 machines could make 5 widgets in the same amount of time (5 minutes). So then you can see that 100 machines could turn out 100 widgets in 5 minutes. If the question had said it takes 5 machines *_seven_* minutes to make 5 widgets, the easy (but incorrect) "answer" wouldn't seem so obvious and tempting, and most people would probably get the answer right. It's the fact that all three numbers are "5" that throw people off, because it strongly appears to be a pattern (our brains are evolutionarily wired to recognize patterns) and it makes people think that all of the 5's are directly mathematically related, but in fact only the first "5" and the last "5" are.
@abdullahabdulaziz8 жыл бұрын
I still don't understand how that ball is for 5 cents I didn't hear anything what he said the entire video I was just wondering how is the ball 5 cents
@seraphiccandy218 жыл бұрын
the bat is 1 dollar more then the ball. If teh bat was a dollar the ball would have to be 0 cents for this to be true...
@abdullahabdulaziz8 жыл бұрын
seraphiccandy21 what about the remaining 10¢?
@seraphiccandy218 жыл бұрын
abdullah abdulaziz exactly thats why it doesnt work
@david334828 жыл бұрын
abdullah abdulaziz x=ball, bait= x+1 so (x+1)+x=1.10 x+x+1=1.10 x+x=1.10-1 2x=0.10 x=0.05 the prove... (0.05+1)+0.05=1.10 1.05+0.05=1.10 1.10=1.10 √
@alexbuilds4618 жыл бұрын
David Biba just BC your in high school with this extreme math shit doesn't mean we all are
@PFAlt8 жыл бұрын
2x+1=1.10 easy fucking algebra right there.
@cleo78678 жыл бұрын
Ya but people aren't thinking clearly and see 1+x and get .10
@abhishekchoudharykhatkar48868 жыл бұрын
I didn't get it! Can you explain? How 2x+1=1.10?
@PFAlt8 жыл бұрын
It's simple once you get the logic. You know you have 2 items, so that gives you the two. x simply represents the price of the said objects. So together, they are 2x. Separately, x + x. But one object must cost 1 more than the other. So (1x+1)+x. When you simplify that, you get 2x+1. 1.10 is just the total they must add up to given by the problem.
@abhishekchoudharykhatkar48868 жыл бұрын
MeGusta GameStation ohh got it. Thanks :)
@PickyMcCritical8 жыл бұрын
People tend to have a much harder time translating words to algebraic format than solving algebra.
@BoomSqueak4 жыл бұрын
I got them all right, but I have definitely seen the latter two questions before and having the questions be presented as a riddle likely puts me in system 2 thinking automatically making me more prone to think about it more. I love having random riddles pop up in my recommended videos.
@CrosbysMusic9 жыл бұрын
Have you read thinking fast and slow, a lot of your recent videos remind me of that book
@BiteSizePsych9 жыл бұрын
+Crosby Dunkley Yes I have actually. I first heard of cognitive strain from that book. Anyways, I will be moving away from cognitive biases for my next couple of videos. Just to switch it up.
@CrosbysMusic9 жыл бұрын
Ah fair enough, enjoying the videos so far :)
@thegreatall8 жыл бұрын
I was about to post almost the exact same thing... I read this book and almost everything in this video is in the book... even the questions are identical. I am pretty sure Daniel Kahneman even used system 1 and system 2 in conjunction with fast brain and snow brain.
@MimKoRn8 жыл бұрын
+Bite Size Psych you should have quoted the book, when you used the 'system 1 system 2' approach which is obviously a concept which the author of the book introduced... It is not very fair to talk about it as if you made it up for the sake of the video.
@equanimityandtranquility8 жыл бұрын
+MimKoRn He said ''you may have heard''', that does not sound like he invented it to me.I would have been nice to give the author of the book credit but if you had to do that to everything you would spend an awful lot of time saying who invented what.
@LapisStar8 жыл бұрын
Question 2. 5 Question 3. 47
@Davi-kc7wz8 жыл бұрын
+Alex Savin wahahaha xD
@LapisStar8 жыл бұрын
Oh crap. I'll edit that. Thank you
@Aljbwri19868 жыл бұрын
I though Q2. Answer should be 1 minute
@LapisStar8 жыл бұрын
aljbwri Last no since at 48 minutes it was full, and it doubles every minutes, so half times 2 equals a whole. :D hope you understood. I suck at explaining.
@maisa35238 жыл бұрын
+Killer Melody I think they meant question 2, about the machines. But you answered correctly, the answer is 5 minutes.
@Duyton7 жыл бұрын
System 2 is just called "How Phoenix Wright Thinks"
@reinstaltmoska55257 жыл бұрын
how he does not Think, its a dumb game with no intelligent choices and where the people who are condemned as guilty would very likely be not guilty on the vague dumb assesemnts and charges they suposedely did.so yeah, its forced bodylanguage, bad Graphics, bad animation and bad sound and Music, and no characters or story.the gameplay likewise, nothing intelligent about it, instead its better to be analytical and use a interesting way of solving cases.even his name is stupid.
@maximeddy75887 жыл бұрын
They both = $1.10 If the ball was worth $0.10 and the bat was worth $1.10 then the total price would be $1.20 Therefore the ball must be worth $0.05 and the bat must be worth $1.05 which if you used you brain would equal $1.10 ( because 0.05 + 1.05 = 1.10 )
@pogvar7 жыл бұрын
Thanks captain obvious
@2starSwelling7 жыл бұрын
Maxim Eddy but wouldn't it also be able to say the bat is 1:01 cents and the baseball 9 cents ? I know it's a trick question but still there's no real answer because of the MORE
@Starguardianbard7 жыл бұрын
Toxic air nope. 1.01$ is not a dollar more than 9 cents. The question doesn't say the baseball bat is more than a dollar, it says it's a dollar more than the ball. Meaning the only way for the ballbat to be a dollar more than the ball, without breaking the 1.10$ budget is for the bat to be 1.05$ and ball to be 0.05$
@rodolfoaguilar77567 жыл бұрын
daniel mayse Correct. The way i answered this question in my head was the following: We know that the bat is $1 more than the ball. Taking that knowledge subtract that $1 from the total. You seperate that for a moment. You are left with 10 cents that have to be split by the two equally, since the initial value should be equal(Plus the $1 of course). So theb you have the bat and ball costing 5 cents. Then you just add the $1 to the bat and there you go. $1.05 and $0.05
@hoihoi13127 жыл бұрын
Let B be the value of the bat (in dollars) and let b be the value of the ball (in dollars). The equation can then be expressed as follows: B + b = $1.10. We know that the bat costs a dollar more than the ball, so we can write B = b + $1.00. If we substitute that into the original equation, we get b + $1.00 + b = $1.10. If we solve that, we get b = $0.05. We can substitute that into the original equation and solve for B. B will then be $1.05. Solution: The bat costs $1.05 and the ball costs $0.05
@keenanhoffman55948 жыл бұрын
I hate system 2 thinking, it makes me repeat 15x20 in my head over and over again until I've wasted 10 minutes on the problem.
@mikaylawall51208 жыл бұрын
300
@jek71778 жыл бұрын
+Mikayla awww you're a smart one, aren't ya?
@mikaylawall51208 жыл бұрын
CyborgPlaysMC hehehehehehehehehe
@insertnamehere87308 жыл бұрын
20x5 and 20x10
@raven64758 жыл бұрын
ikr
@pokemonmaster26858 жыл бұрын
Answers: 2. 5 minutes 3. 47 days
@thedeeznutsduo9498 жыл бұрын
uhh i think thats wrong its 5 min and 36 days cuz it takes 1 machine to make 1 widget in 5 min so 100 machines working together to make 100 widgets 5 min. alsoits 36 days cuz its doubling so the last 12 days would be equivalent to the previous 36 days' work.
@thedeeznutsduo9498 жыл бұрын
jk i read the problem wrong so since it doubles every day 1/2 of the lake is filled thet day before it is completly ull so it would be 47 :)
@pokemonmaster26858 жыл бұрын
daniel ji You are right with the first one but its doubling so it would be 47 because 47 days would be half the pond as 48 days is.. well it's hard to explain.
@thedeeznutsduo9498 жыл бұрын
i know sorry
@pokemonmaster26858 жыл бұрын
it's ok
@DDRisTricky9 жыл бұрын
A for Q2 is five minutes. A for Q3 is 47 days.
@thepurityofchaos9 жыл бұрын
+DDRisTricky I KNEW IT! :D
@harshyalam13728 жыл бұрын
+DDRisTricky exactly what i was thinking!!
@gloomy55058 жыл бұрын
yesssssss I got it lol
@DDRisTricky8 жыл бұрын
+PixelPigu Try to visualize it in your head. For example, imagine you own a taco truck. It takes one guy to make 1 taco in 1 minute. If you had 100 guys, to make 100 tacos, it will still take 1 minute because every guy in the 100 is making 1 taco each.
@karlmachnow49616 жыл бұрын
Sadly, I already knew all these questions as normal trick questions. So I remembered the solution using System 1.
@Lionbug8 жыл бұрын
never seen something as easy as this test
@Gnurklesquimp8 жыл бұрын
I think it's supposed to measure how much system 2 attention someone pays as opposed to it being a challange of any other kind , going in knowing what they're up to completelly nullifies it
@Lionbug8 жыл бұрын
M makes sense
@bennyboy9688 жыл бұрын
Harvard students aren't that smart.
@Ashcombeguy8 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Their daddys are rich.
@killertom6068 жыл бұрын
+Peyton Chan or the fact that you are watching this video knowing these are trick questions and already using system 2 thinking while the Harvard students didn't walk in trying to beat trick questions lol and u would claim their there cause their parents are rich lol
@feartheghus7 жыл бұрын
Anyone else immediately get number two, then think there must be a catch, only to find out you got it right in the first place?
@Robin-wk8uf7 жыл бұрын
Kyu ThePanda no, bc you dont study and are stupid af. Jk youre probably really smart
@flare3807 жыл бұрын
yep......
@liltoot12347 жыл бұрын
Fearghus Keitz I did
@yannismorris47727 жыл бұрын
Fearghus Keitz I did
@xXZ31t6esTXx7 жыл бұрын
Fearghus Keitz no way! Mind reader
@ronnieceaquino8278 жыл бұрын
MY ANSWERS: 1.)5 CENTS 2.)5 MINS 3.)47 DAYS
@16fazan8 жыл бұрын
+Ronniece Aquino how did u figure this out
@grimreaper85758 жыл бұрын
+golden zexed i wont answer for the first 2 since they might have had a complicated thinking process that i cant reiterate, but for 3 the process is usually the same for questions like it. if X double every day, and on the Zth day the area is covered/filled, you just need to half it by going back 1 day.
@Vatis938 жыл бұрын
+golden zexed If you answered 10 cents for nr 1. you failed to realize the bat would then only cost 90 cents more than the ball. The correct answer is therefore 5 cents, so that the ball costs 1 dollar more. For nr. 2 the time variable is the same on a 1 to 1 comparrison like 5 and 100. For nr. 3 you don't have to math the problem. It would be up to the 47th day that it covered half the lake, because if you reverse the process: say halving the full, it would then be halved on only 1 day.
@16fazan8 жыл бұрын
for it said the bat is a dollar more than the ball and combined they equal 1:10 so 10 penny plus 100
@Vatis938 жыл бұрын
golden zexed But 1.00 + 0.10 is wrong. If you make the bat cost 1 dollar it then only costs 90 cents more than the ball: 1.00 - 0.10 = 0.90! Part of the question is that the ball has to cost 1 dollar more. Therefore you have to place 1 dollar at the bat, and the split the remaining 10 cents to between the bat and the ball (5 cents each). This gives you the answer: 1.05 bat and 0.05 ball.
@rubyhamster53427 жыл бұрын
(1 five cents (2 five minutes (3 day 47
@2starSwelling7 жыл бұрын
Rubyhamster 3 one is correct but think it would be 20 minutes
@Starguardianbard7 жыл бұрын
Toxic air number 2 is also correct. The machines are able to make 1 widget a piece every 5 minutes. 5 of them can make 5 widgets in 5 minutes. That means you could have 20 separate rooms of 5 machines a piece, each room would have 5 widgets made within 5 minutes. Now you can add all the machines together to reach your 100.
@datboicruisinkft10687 жыл бұрын
Correct
@benosemo73417 жыл бұрын
Your letter of acceptance to MENSA will be arriving shortly.
@zerazara7 жыл бұрын
Nice, I got it right myself. I used at least 40 seconds on each thinking.
@pastorofmuppets76548 жыл бұрын
What data did you use to create the title? That "50"% of "Harvard" students get it wrong.
@carterkucala45958 жыл бұрын
PastorOfMuppets probably "Harvard" data
@ok-zi1oo8 жыл бұрын
PastorOfMuppets check the sources in the description
@charliesoltis75697 жыл бұрын
PastorOfMuppets click bait
@louiscyfer69447 жыл бұрын
PastorOfMuppets harvard students averaged 1.48 correct answer out of the 3. thus 50% getting any of the 3 questions correct.
@kevindevine25697 жыл бұрын
Pastor, Pastor, Where's the sermon I've been after Pastor, Pastor, promised Gonzo flies!
@AdisKayMusic7 жыл бұрын
*5 minutes* because each widget takes 5 minutes to produce. As long as you have an equal amount of machines & widgets - It will always be 5 minutes... 8 Machines will still produce 8 widgets in 5 minutes. However 8 Machines will take 10 minutes to produce 16 widgets. *47 days* because It doubles in size each day so, 1 day ago it was half the size...
@FunkMonk647 жыл бұрын
kek
@videocommenter90857 жыл бұрын
And the first with the bat
@potatoeshavefeelingstoo89728 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who failed both last question, while the majority of people in the comments got it right..
@sel55958 жыл бұрын
Potatoes Have Feelings Too nope
@letthatsinkin49138 жыл бұрын
LaughingStock55 Well, I figured it out myself. The second one we did in math class like last week, while the third is a classic trick question.
@katepearl73218 жыл бұрын
i didn't get the second one but i got the third
@thepresence35278 жыл бұрын
qn 2 just gonna read carefully
@bibbidi46168 жыл бұрын
Potatoes Have Feelings Too No...your not....Fellow potato.
@imayslaylizdaw7 жыл бұрын
Let x be the cost of bat and y be the cost of ball x + y = $1.10 (Equation 1) x - y = $1 (Equation 2) Subtract the two equations, we get: 2y = $0.10 Therefore, y = $0.05
@matiashogden12407 жыл бұрын
Scarlet Crimson x+x+y-y=2x, not 2y. Your answer was correct anyways tho
@imayslaylizdaw7 жыл бұрын
Matias Høgden It is 2y since (x + y) - (x - y) = x + y - x + y = 2y
@matiashogden12407 жыл бұрын
Why subtract the 2nd equation tho? Couldn't you just add? My mistake for correcting you anyways, didn't notice 'subtract'
@meguro_vlogs21706 жыл бұрын
Why even bother making a second equation ? If the ball = x and the bat is 1$ more, then the bat is x+1. If you add them together it should make 1.10$ so x+x+1=1.10 2x + 1 =1.10 2x = 1.10 - 1 2x = 0.10 x = 0.10 / 2 = 0.05. You shouldn't make a second variable if you don't have to.
@LYounes8 жыл бұрын
i answered it right....and im 14
@LYounes8 жыл бұрын
okay...it takes 5 machines "5 minutes" to make 5 widgets so it takes 100 machines "5 minutes" to make 100 widgets got it?
@milla55908 жыл бұрын
IVIidnight I am 11 and I got them right :3
@h.z68708 жыл бұрын
I'm 2years old and I got it right... beat that
@milla55908 жыл бұрын
Nobody Thing Get real
@firstnamelastname61188 жыл бұрын
Im a fetus and I got it right
@tinopaskar78198 жыл бұрын
1:45 chemestri doesnt give a fuck.
@tinopaskar78198 жыл бұрын
sorry for grqmar
@Zminchu8 жыл бұрын
Grammar was spot on, spelling kind of shit the bed, but grammar's A1.
@jakeb41488 жыл бұрын
+Zminchu Apart from the missing apostrophe
@joshnorth47618 жыл бұрын
But if it's a missing character is that spelling or grammar?
@cheesehead750058 жыл бұрын
because you already in system 2. im a chemical engernering student and you simple awnsers will not do the trick XD
@gumarks_7 жыл бұрын
When I see this type of questions I automatically think: "This must be a trap, think better" I switch to Sector 2 of my brain and get the correct answer XD
@jos22948 жыл бұрын
I answered the first one right, should I be happy?
@shubhankarsingh91548 жыл бұрын
Lotha Fist no
@jos22948 жыл бұрын
Shubhankar Singh :(
@shubhankarsingh91548 жыл бұрын
Lotha Fist doesnt matter if you got the question or not Be happy my brother
@jos22948 жыл бұрын
Shubhankar Singh :D
@daniellaw62948 жыл бұрын
Lotha Fist same
@eferrari968 жыл бұрын
so half of Harvard students aren't just good at maths?
@Felixr28 жыл бұрын
No, they just think too easy of seemingly easy questions.
@SkyReviewsNet8 жыл бұрын
moncool17Gaming found the Harvard student that got it wrong
@felipe744768 жыл бұрын
I mean that question has a pretty straigh foward answer, all you have to do is 1+x +x= 1.10 so 2x=0.10 which will show you that x=0.05
@felipe744768 жыл бұрын
+moncool17Gaming allright im gonna explain it easier for you, you have that the bat and the ball are 1.10. You want to find the value of the ball which will be x. You already know that the bat is 1 more than the ball so it is 1+x. This gives you that 1+x(the bat)+ x(the ball) is 1.10. So 2x = 1.10 - 1 So 2x =0.10 So x= 0.05
@felipe744768 жыл бұрын
+moncool17Gaming ill just asume that you haven't finished grade school
@dominicditmyer62618 жыл бұрын
If you did Singapore Math, this was your homework at age 10.. 😂
@imoose58048 жыл бұрын
+Dominic Ditmyer Not like it is hard or anything, most people just speed through it without really checking it.
@MegaKaitouKID14128 жыл бұрын
+Dominic Ditmyer It essentially boils down to a basic pair of double variable equations that you're able to present as a single single-variable equation even before you learn double variable solving. Which yeah, you learn pretty young. But that's the second process. The point of this test isn't to see if you know how second-process solve it, it's IF you actually use your second-process thought when confronted with questions.
@KyleLi8 жыл бұрын
+Dominic Ditmyer #HongKong
@patrickburke30988 жыл бұрын
It's literally just 1+2x=1.1, just worded specifically to trick you. It's not at all difficult
@michaellane21858 жыл бұрын
+Dominic Ditmyer To do this test properly you have to answer them all in 30 seconds. It would be easy enough with unlimited time
@yellowthundergaming8277 жыл бұрын
NOONE CARES IF YOUR 12 YRS OLD AND GOT THIS RIGHT!!!!!!
@iexist17386 жыл бұрын
But I'm 12 years old and got this right....
@lonzi3ros36 жыл бұрын
yellow Thunder gaming No one* You're*
@discovaria95076 жыл бұрын
lol i'm 10 year old got this right
@kuro21404 жыл бұрын
But I am 14 and Indian....😂
@cristinaeca698 жыл бұрын
My god, I'm so glad I found this channel. every single piece of information is so relevant and clearly presented! I am going to study psychology at university and I really hope I'll know more such things.
@TheDjordjeSS8 жыл бұрын
Dislike because you lied that 50% of Harvard students get wrong. Nobody who knows maths can't get it wrong
@BiteSizePsych8 жыл бұрын
+TheDjordjeSS Take a look at the study for yourself. It's in the description.
@TheDjordjeSS8 жыл бұрын
+Bite Size Psych I did. It says 20%.
@jonathanlimm72218 жыл бұрын
+TheDjordjeSS If you're looking at table one, the first percentage for Harvard University - that's the percentage that got all three problems wrong.
@nickportokallidis8 жыл бұрын
+TheDjordjeSS I think a better title would be "only 1/5 of the Harvard Choir students got all 3 questions right" , Cognitive Reflection and Decision Making, Shane Frederick: p29, Table 1
@a.lampman21658 жыл бұрын
+TheDjordjeSS "Nobody who knows maths can't get it wrong" Was that intentional?
@alialballaa44979 жыл бұрын
as usual.. great video! so the answer for Q2: is 5 and for Q3 is 47 right?
@anyapearce23929 жыл бұрын
+Ali AlBallaa yea it is
@karimbaraqji81609 жыл бұрын
+Anya Pearce its 24
@lydiawatchefo23189 жыл бұрын
+Karim baraqji It's 47.
@EE-sy1zi9 жыл бұрын
+Karim baraqji no!
@jamesgrey139 жыл бұрын
+Karim baraqji It's 47, because it only takes a day for the lily pads to double in size! That means that a day before the 48 days, that it took to cover the pond, the lily pads were half the size!
@JoeGort31047 жыл бұрын
thats probably the most happy ive been after answering the question right the first time
@GlitterPixi38 жыл бұрын
For those that didn't understand the last 2 questions: 1. Each machine takes 5 minutes to produce the widget, so if there's 100 they'll all produce 1 after 5 minutes. 2. Each day they double in size, so when it doubles from the half size it becomes full. If it's full on the 48th day, then it doubled after the 47th day.
@etreke7 жыл бұрын
I am a mechanical engineer who did not go to Harvard. I got the question right, and so did all of my mechanical engineering colleagues. Couple this observation with the statistic that less than 50% of Harvard students are majoring in the math and sciences - majors which involve regular exercise of system 2 thinking - we can make the general conclusion that the Harvard bit is just clickbait.
@lukeoreilly4647 жыл бұрын
etreke yup
@megjane77 жыл бұрын
However, it is true. And frankly it is interesting that so many people got these wrong when they are so easy.
@SerpentGameplay7 жыл бұрын
hangman I think giving out the information that "50% of harvard students get this wrong" also results in people knowing the question is probably a trick, compaired to just handig you the question out of the blue. knowing "smart" people get it wrong makes you think twice about your answer.
@approveddust83677 жыл бұрын
hangman it could be true
@Maniclout7 жыл бұрын
SerpentGameplay Hey Rick! Nooit gedacht jou hier te vinden.
@dusk2dawn557 жыл бұрын
5 and 47. I'd like a full scholarship to a party college of my choice so I can relive poor decision-making and little to no hangovers. Thanks.
@foppecoenen7587 жыл бұрын
wooow xD
@roybertbrown39837 жыл бұрын
dusk2dawn55 ur wrong
@stachvdwindt46447 жыл бұрын
Caitlyn Papsosjxndbbx why is he wrong??
@_x_asgard5_x_8617 жыл бұрын
Caitlyn Papsosjxndbbx your are daamn stupid lol
@e.c.41737 жыл бұрын
We had these questions in class five. It's not even tricky.
@franceshopper27287 жыл бұрын
2) according to the first sentence it takes 1 machine 5 minutes to make a widget. so with 100 machines in 5 minutes would each make 1 widget equalling 100 widgets. 3) if the lily pads double in size every day then for the lake to be completely full the day before (47) the lily pads would have to have covered half the lake.
@khaled84797 жыл бұрын
I'm so stupid I answered right
@Dhirallin8 жыл бұрын
50%??? I don't believe that. Source please (starts checking the sources above.)
@Dhirallin8 жыл бұрын
I looked through the relevant source and I can not find the 50% figure you quoted (for Harvard students on the bat and ball question.) In fact I cannot find percentages for the individual questions in the CRT at all. Only the percentage of people getting 0, 1, 2, or 3 questions right. Please tell me what page you pulled that 50% figure from?
@Nathan-rn8cr8 жыл бұрын
Rajie Music do you really give a fuck?
@Beremor8 жыл бұрын
Why shouldn't he? Critical thinking is a worthwhile activity. Even if the problem itself might be every bit as straight-forward as it appears, there's always the possibility of tangential learning. So basically, it's a win-win for a learning mind.
@Yashahiro_8 жыл бұрын
on the video he literally says how many people took the test, and how many failed. no where near 50 maybe like 25% of people who actually took the test, not of all Harvard students. don't know why people would click bait something important like this.
@wearyswag47158 жыл бұрын
he could litterly be making all this up, facts are important
@lucylikesbirds9 жыл бұрын
how is the ball 5 cents if the bat is $1.00 more and the total $1.10?
@BiteSizePsych9 жыл бұрын
+Lucy Bob 0.05 + 1.05 = 1.10. I got this question wrong the first time I heard it too
@lucylikesbirds9 жыл бұрын
oh Ok I get it know thanks
@oliviamcardlelongo3709 жыл бұрын
I still don't get it! It could also be 10 cents right?
@Anna13Kavan9 жыл бұрын
+Olivia McArdle Longo, no, it cannot be. But imagine, it is 10, therefore you have ball 0.10 and the bat is 1.10 as it is 1 dollar more. So it is 1.20 in the end. It is easy. x + y = 1.10. x + (x+1) = 1.10. 2x = 0.10. x = 0.05. Here we are : )
@jacquelynchin55139 жыл бұрын
the bat is a dollar more than the ball. so if the ball is $0.05 then the bat is $1.05. the total will then be $1.10
@anchyi12027 жыл бұрын
I noticed the font trick while studying for my exams. Since I firstly write then study I tried writing the words I had a hard time learning in a different way. It really helped.
@mikaylawall51208 жыл бұрын
5 minutes, 47 days
@sajeallen15528 жыл бұрын
Good, I got them right haha
@SqueezeDaMenaxe8 жыл бұрын
How five minutes?
@Pepperjack975318 жыл бұрын
+sirrat ullah each machine takes five min to make a widget which means it would take five min for 100 machines to make 100 widgets
@RonAhL8 жыл бұрын
i thought the answer is 1 minute in number 2.,
@RonAhL8 жыл бұрын
haha..
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@AwoudeX8 жыл бұрын
+Bite Size Psych a question about system 1 and 2 thinking; If you're more intelligent, are you less likely to switch over to the 2nd system due to not being challenged enough for your brain to switch?
@gotchathespider78508 жыл бұрын
+AwoudeX I could be wrong, but I think so, based off of my experience anyways, but then again, it doesn't really matter to me because my system 1 thinking is equal to or better than the average humans system 2. My system 1 ≥ Average system 2
@jenius91648 жыл бұрын
+AwoudeX My brain is stuck on system 2, it always has been. It's hard for me to recognize a face, but I could talk about Einstein's Theory of Relativity all day long. Of course, since the world is full of human beings, I'd say that being socially intelligent (I've actually had to study that for 8 years now, whereas I never studied in school) is much more important than being academically intelligent. I'm so super smart that I bombed my interview to Harvard, bc I didn't know what to say and said all the wrong things. Nerd problems.
@roguishpaladin8 жыл бұрын
+Desmond FireTv What you just said very accurately demonstrates something called blind spot bias. Most people can see the ability for others to commit fallacies due to bias and utilizing system 1 thought, but do not see the capacity in themselves.
@Brickcaster8 жыл бұрын
+AwoudeX "more intelligent" people are generally thought that because they are better able to utilize system 2 thinking in everyday tasks. That is, they're the ones that saw the bat and baseball program and turned on System 2 thinking.
@leonhrad9 жыл бұрын
College students? We got these riddle questions in elementary school once.
@Raw_Salad9 жыл бұрын
But young students approach problems with more creativity and with open minds.
@pietd47819 жыл бұрын
I know.
@Raw_Salad9 жыл бұрын
***** You misunderstood or just ignored what I said. You laid out that problem in a form that almost no adult would get wrong. So what's the difference? The problem was originally presented in words. I could explain this further but I am sure that with that you could understand the point I am making. It isn't concrete it is just something to think about so don't think I am saying that, "Oh! All Children are better at problem solving than adults. You know why? Because they are more creative and open-minded." Not saying that at all.
@blatz43068 жыл бұрын
+Leo S Old and Young people think very differently.
@pasijutaulietuviuesas91748 жыл бұрын
+MrBigEnchilada In college, you do know algebra at that simple level. If you don't, you got accepted in college by mistake.
@coxxycabee7 жыл бұрын
Just wanted to say, awesome video. Dropped on by to get some quick fact and was surprised with great content. Thanks.
@Sauce_Man8 жыл бұрын
2. 5 mins 3. 47 days Right?
@lucofthedrawn94248 жыл бұрын
i think so
@Idkwhatmyhandleshouldbe1238 жыл бұрын
Yes
@varuntaneja70738 жыл бұрын
bro 47 days is right answer for third one
@seancannon21938 жыл бұрын
1. A + B = 1.10 where A = B + 1, therefore A = 1.05 + 0.05 2. T = 5(M/W) Given is: 5 = 5(5/5), 5 = 5(1), question asks: T = 5(100/100), T = 5(1) 3. I honestly don't know the formula here, but simple logic dictates that if it doubles every day then the day before it was at half, so 47 days...
@leonardmilea70798 жыл бұрын
The size of the patch = 2^n where n is the number of days. If size of the patch = size of lake = 2^48, then size of lake/2 = 2^48/2 = 2^47
@hernandezz49128 жыл бұрын
If your wondering the video starts at 0:00
@matthewcombs74917 жыл бұрын
Thatrandomguy567 thanks
@Khemiri97 жыл бұрын
you're*
@mavexx43597 жыл бұрын
vghnmj wow lol he's just correcting him. "A person who never made a mistake, never made anything@
@Khemiri97 жыл бұрын
i mean on top of the cringey joke, he did a grammar mistake, i mean wouldn't have corrected him if it wasn't that cringey, also my native language isn't english either :)
@hernandezz49127 жыл бұрын
Mr.Issues right on, dude YOU'RE very honest and excuse my joke
@iSaintRichie238 жыл бұрын
Well fuck me, I was doing the riddle while taking tax into consideration...
@TomD01318 жыл бұрын
LOL
@firstnamelastname61188 жыл бұрын
ROFL
@legrostas20338 жыл бұрын
I did the same... we're noob
@quadhd11218 жыл бұрын
you used system 3 my friend
@joshnorth47618 жыл бұрын
yeah... but taxes in what region? lol
@zachbaugher4217 жыл бұрын
The title to this video increased my cognitive strain and is probably how I got the riddle correct
@yoavsigler44578 жыл бұрын
For those questioning why it's 5 cents, do the math. x+y=1.10 x=y+1 x=1.10-y y+1=1.10-y 2y+1=1.10 2y=0.10 y=0.05
@yoavsigler44578 жыл бұрын
(you're welcome)
@marcosmoura9118 жыл бұрын
No one was questioning
@yoavsigler44578 жыл бұрын
again, you're welcome
@XxXuNkN0wnXxX112358 жыл бұрын
This is the most complicated math i have ever seen for an algebra question.....its just x+x+1=1.10, no need to add the extra variable
@rehmsmeyer8 жыл бұрын
Yoav Sigler Oh yeah? Well I have 2 coins that add up to 0.30 and one of them isn't a nickel - what are they?
@riverwashere_8 жыл бұрын
Not looking at the other comments, are the answers 5 minutes and 47 days?
@DanielleVanLeuven8 жыл бұрын
Yup
@buddha3g748 жыл бұрын
i came up with the same answers
@javinova20918 жыл бұрын
thought it was 4 minutes
@xzavior10578 жыл бұрын
Jack Carver its five minutes, god damn, quit trying to correct people(total sarcasm, peopel should know its five, im just messing around)
@alyssa.h8 жыл бұрын
Jack Carver its 5 mins
@aliasmask8 жыл бұрын
It's interesting to note that if you started with 1 lily pad that was a square inch that it would cover all of South Dakota in 48 days given that the area was doubled each day.
@darthraider4503 жыл бұрын
When I see questions like these, my Admiral Akhbar complex kicks in and says “IT’S A TRAP!”
@Snobb_Number7 жыл бұрын
I hate it when people like this guy treats those who are academically successful as logical masterminds, only to bait viewers. Knowledge in chemistry, linguistics, etc. are not intertwined with logical thinking abilities.
@arsenalfanrichi7 жыл бұрын
Snobb But it is a common preconception. It is beneficial that people realize that people who are academically exceptional are still less intelligent in other areas than those who are unexceptional academically.
@myak377 жыл бұрын
Snobb I can see u being unemployed
@mirolinks7 жыл бұрын
swagnemite says the kid with pewdiepie's old logo and says "u" instead of "you". Not to mention your username is "swagnemite"
@peytonmanning89307 жыл бұрын
Miguel Rocha “You” sir, deserve a win
@Cashashtray77 жыл бұрын
Snobb Yeah you are write donkey kong
@Lovetigersnake118 жыл бұрын
For the last questions: 2. 5 minutes 3. 47 days I don't know if I got these right so please tell me
@johandeboer97908 жыл бұрын
+Lovetigersnake11 You are correct!
@mohdaadilf8 жыл бұрын
5 minutes? How?!!
@Lovetigersnake118 жыл бұрын
+Aadil Faizal logic
@screamingfungus_8 жыл бұрын
+Aadil Faizal If it take 5 minutes for 5 machines to produce 5 widget, then each one of the machines take 5 minutes to produces 1 widget. If you have 100 machines they still use 5 minutes to produce 1 widget each. And since there are 100 machines, every machine only need to produce 1. So the produce rate is the same in both cases and both take 5 minutes :)
@realjorjicostava81548 жыл бұрын
+Lovetigersnake11 This is correct :)
@1RamTough8 жыл бұрын
2. 5 minutes 3. 47 days
@1RamTough8 жыл бұрын
+Bob Hob you should learn math
@1RamTough8 жыл бұрын
+Bob Hob well what the "right" answer
@1RamTough8 жыл бұрын
+Bob Hob dumbass
@1RamTough8 жыл бұрын
+Bob Hob clearly you can't figure it out.
@1RamTough8 жыл бұрын
+Bob Hob this is the last time I'll respond to your ignorance.
@terrysohn66027 жыл бұрын
thought process number 1 the bat is 1 dollar more than the ball with the total price being 1.10. you can think 1+2(0.10/2)since there are 2 items with an original combined cost of 0.10, before you add in the 1 dollar. number 2 the number of machines are the same, the number of widgets are the same, therefore the amount of time must be the same. the fact that all the numbers are 5 in the explanation is just to mislead you. Think of it this way, 5 machines and 5 widgets make a whole, or "1" and it takes 5 minutes to reach it. 100 machines and 100 widgets also forms a "whole" identical to the "whole" from before, thus the time to get it should be the same, 5 minutes. number 3 focus on useful information, especially "double in size" and the time in takes to cover the lake, which is 48 days. you can deduce that you have to reverse the doubling process by x, because it says "half the lake" opposed to "entire lake", you can translate "entire" and "half" into 2 and 1. what does it take to get from 2 to 1? -1 (days), -1 is x. 48-1=47.
@Davi-kc7wz8 жыл бұрын
they should have given the answer ! I got 5 min. and 47
@lazeryoshi8 жыл бұрын
You're correct
@Amelia-om7ew8 жыл бұрын
yup
@SGCGoliath8 жыл бұрын
0.05
@irtiza38708 жыл бұрын
it should actually be 1min as i takes 5 mins for 5 widgets and dived that equally you 1 min for each widget. 100 machines working at the same time.100 machien gives you 100 widget in 1 min. im actually only 12 and get out smarted dumb ass
@lazeryoshi8 жыл бұрын
+Irtaza Dragneel it's 5 minutes because the machines are working at the same time, not in sequence. it takes 5 minutes for 1 machine to make 1 widget, 5 minutes for 5 machines to make 5 widgets and 5 minutes for 100 machines to make 100 widgets
@lanathepartyqueen7 жыл бұрын
Shit, I'm dumb...
@sharos21687 жыл бұрын
Dee Pee Lol sadly that is a picture of a singer
@lanathepartyqueen7 жыл бұрын
Sha Ros lmao not its not. 😂😂 it's of an actress and that just proves that you're just fucking jealous and just want to ruin whatever that perv said to me.
@victor-xd4nl7 жыл бұрын
Dee Pee lmao fucking perv
@dingo96967 жыл бұрын
+lana-xoxo It's funny, because you say "ruin" because you want people to call you sexy. But ironically you also call him a perv, because you want to act like you don't want to be complimented. You can't have it both ways.
@Ivan-gp4tr7 жыл бұрын
lana-xoxo Shit,you are...
@KoyasuNoBara8 жыл бұрын
1:04 "Yet, there's a surprisingly simple way to improve you're performance on this test." Yeah, it's called "I've already heard this riddle via a KZbin video."
@injured_lion5 жыл бұрын
I got all of them wrong :/ My mind is too lazy to work But I still believe that I'm smart
@Crates-Media8 жыл бұрын
More than 50% of Harvard students now pay someone to solve riddles for them.
@samysaid19899 жыл бұрын
5 minutes and 47 days are the answers. How are these questions for Harvard students? Even youtubers got the answers right
@backtosquare15929 жыл бұрын
That's because everyone on KZbin is a millionaire, has an IQ of 150 and is fucking my mom...
@BloodyBay9 жыл бұрын
...and we all have Masters Degrees in every major known to man, _and_ we're all Black Belts in any martial art you care to name, even the non-Japanese ones. And all the men on KZbin have eight-inch penises, and all the women have perfect D-cup breasts. Don't forget those bits. ;-)
@healthystrongmuslim9 жыл бұрын
+BloodyBay and vegan atheist pc gaming 90s kids
@abhijeet30238 жыл бұрын
yep right
@rayvincyful18 жыл бұрын
+samy said Because those questions are now very familiar to us, we can even answer without thinking. Or if those questions are not familiar, people here will think critically before answering because of what they have just watched. Now, try to give those questions to anyone around you. Most of them will answer them wrong.
@CanaleYourGame9 жыл бұрын
Hey!i have a question,i solved all 3 riddles,i don't think i am a genius,so,was it because when i read the title:"riddle that very intelligent people can't solve" i entered solving-mode so i payed more attention?if so i suggest you to change the title because if everyone here solves it,well you know what i mean...
@MrChickenwarrior9 жыл бұрын
+frulcino It's because you watched the video and already knew that you had to think over the question instead of blurting out the answer. The test only works when you don't know what it is about.
@BiteSizePsych9 жыл бұрын
+frulcino Hey frulcino. Yeh I realized it might have spoilt the riddle a bit but I was mainly focusing on explaining system 1 and system 2 thinking.
@dragon4c3_718 жыл бұрын
+frulcino its more of a clickbait
@domenicogonzalez73548 жыл бұрын
Obviously you're not a genius because you're forcing out big words and using them in unusual places just for the sake of sounding smart.
@JoeDavis8 жыл бұрын
+Domenico Gonzalez you used bigger words in your reply.
@tasheemhargrove96507 жыл бұрын
A big issue with standardized tests like the SAT is that they are timed. That could also be a reason why so many people get questions like that wrong. In real life, you usually have no time limit or your time limit is days, months, or years long. For example, if I am investing stock, I can buy and sell at my own pace. I can analyze the market at my own pace and maneuver in the fashion I find most effective for me. There isn't a teacher at the end of the room yelling "10 minutes left." I may feel pressure to buy or sell but at the end of the day it's my call and I do things at my own pace. Even natural world problems allow for more time. If I'm out in the woods alone trying to survive, I typically won't have just 30 minutes to decide how I'm going to eat, 20 minutes to decide how I'm going to get water, another 30 minutes to figure out how I'll get shelter, without any ability to go back and change the last decision while I'm working on a new one. Reality doesn't work that way. The arbitrary time restrictions on these tests make the tests a lot less practical. I think standardized tests fail to account for the fact that real world problems do not always require an immediate, rash decision; rather, they rarely do. It's usually much more effective to ponder about things and think deep and hard about them before you make your decision. That's why something like impulse buying is so detrimental to anyone trying to build their wealth. Making rash decisions, as if you don't have time to wait and think about them, are much more likely to lead to negative results. Obviously, if you are hanging off of a cliff and you have 20 seconds to decide how you're going to solve this problem, these tests appear more practical. But for the most part, this isn't the case.
@nateisanerd7 жыл бұрын
1) $0.5 2) 5 min 3) 47 days
@johnpark15207 жыл бұрын
$0.05**
@SuperAussie9997 жыл бұрын
You got the first wrong, it's $0.05 (five cents) instead of $0.5 (fifty cents). Also, you just scrolled through the comments and copied people. Dumbass lol
@jx79457 жыл бұрын
L Fiel You call him/her a dumbass for forgetting a zero but you don't address that it takes 1 minute for the machines to make 100 minutes.
@flynnbennell7 жыл бұрын
Josh X I guess you mean 1 minute to make 100 widgets but what you say is wrong. The initial comment is right, it takes 5min for 100 machines to make 100 widgets.
@FrozenShadoW9187 жыл бұрын
Josh X yes, it takes a machine 5 minutes to create a widget. So for 5 machines to produce 5, it's 5 mins, for 100 machines to produce 100, it's 5 mins. The 47 days thing was clever. I was trying to do a mathematic equation