Pavitra comments on Two barrels problem from the Intuitive Explanation (answered) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Pavitra 13 July 2011 11:25:52PM 1 point [-]

The traditional even-more-stupidly-clever answer to that is that a pound of feathers weighs more, because precious metals are measured in troy pounds rather than avoirdupois pounds.