notriddle comments on Another way our brains betray us - Less Wrong

3 Post author: polymathwannabe 17 September 2013 01:56PM

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Comment author: notriddle 19 September 2013 04:31:31AM -1 points [-]

If preconceived notions make it impossible to do math, then how can we possibly get a result that contradicts with our preconceived notions?

Comment author: polymathwannabe 19 September 2013 03:24:59PM 2 points [-]

I don't think the article suggests it's literally impossible (some of the respondents passed the test), just terribly hard.