Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Unsolvable Puzzle

I have a word problem that even Marilyn vos Savant, the [I guess] smartest person alive couldn't solve.

If two burritos can be cooked together in a microwave at 2 minutes, what would possibly make me think that 1 minute and 50 seconds would be the appropriate cooking time for one burrito?

2 comments:

  1. She would answer that it's a logical fallacy to assume it would.

    http://www.marilynvossavant.com/articles/logic_print.html?f=4

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  2. The package directions, maybe?

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