HonoreDB comments on Psychopathy and the Wason Selection Task - Less Wrong

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Comment author: HonoreDB 25 November 2010 01:15:29AM 2 points [-]

There's an urban legend that this riddle is easier for psychopaths:

A woman meets the man of her dreams at her own mother's funeral, but doesn't get his number. A few days later, the woman kills her own sister. Why?

If you find the riddle difficult, it's because your social mode of analysis is jumping in inappropriately. I could easily imagine that someone who was deficient in that kind of analysis might work it out faster.

Comment author: wedrifid 30 November 2010 11:08:41AM 0 points [-]

Damn. I fail. And it is damn obvious too!