Cognitive Style Tends To Predict Religious Conviction (psychcentral.com)

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http://psychcentral.com/news/2011/09/21/cognitive-style-tends-to-predict-religious-conviction/29646.html

Participants who gave intuitive answers to all three problems [that required reflective thinking rather than intuitive] were one and a half times as likely to report they were convinced of God’s existence as those who answered all of the questions correctly.

Importantly, researchers discovered the association between thinking styles and religious beliefs were not tied to the participants’ thinking ability or IQ.

participants who wrote about a successful intuitive experience were more likely to report they were convinced of God’s existence than those who wrote about a successful reflective experience.

I think this is the source but I can't be sure:

http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/xge-ofp-shenhav.pdf

http://lesswrong.com/lw/7o4/atheism_autism_spectrum/4vbc

Reddit /r/psychology discussion

http://psychcentral.com/news/2011/09/21/cognitive-style-tends-to-predict-religious-conviction/29646.html

Participants who gave intuitive answers to all three problems [that required reflective thinking rather than intuitive] were one and a half times as likely to report they were convinced of God’s existence as those who answered all of the questions correctly.

Importantly, researchers discovered the association between thinking styles and religious beliefs were not tied to the participants’ thinking ability or IQ.

participants who wrote about a successful intuitive experience were more likely to report they were convinced of God’s existence than those who wrote about a successful reflective experience.

I think this is the source but I can't be sure:

http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/xge-ofp-shenhav.pdf

http://lesswrong.com/lw/7o4/atheism_autism_spectrum/4vbc

Reddit /r/psychology discussion

Starting with

bat + ball = 1.10
bat = 1 + ball

substitute one into the other to eliminate it

1 + ball + ball = 1.10

simplify

1 + 2 ball = 1.10

then solve for ball

ball = (1.10 - 1)/2

then compute

ball = 0.05

This is literally how I would solve this problem. So you can see why I'm surprised people can answer it correctly on the fly.

The way it went in my head:

Huh, that's obvious, it's 1. Oh wait, 'more than.' So it's half the remaining .10.

(Although I would say it took less time than reading that sentence takes.)

It'd be interesting if getting the wrong answer first is the quickest method of getting the right answer.

1jhuffman15y

I get it, thanks!

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