The Psychology of Getting Suckered

New York Times by John Tierney | Apr. 11, 2008 (Review)

The three problems posted yesterday involving Mr. Smith and Monty Hall confused some readers, but certainly not all. Mike Scott was the first to get all three answers correct; Harris gave a nicely thorough explanation of the answers.

And now I've got an an even more thorough explanation of these problems and of the psychological processes that allow us to get suckered by Monty. It comes from Craig Fox, a professor of management and psychology at ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Leo Romero - Apr 11, 2008 - 6:15 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Leo Romero (review), Dennis A. Abbott (review), James Jackson (review), Juliet Sallette (review), Angyl Bender (review)
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Dennis A. Abbott
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 by Dennis A. Abbott - Oct. 1, 2008

The article would be more worthwhile if it dealt with ways to avoid being suckered by politicians, advertising, etc.

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James Jackson
4.2
 by James Jackson - Oct. 1, 2008

This is a brief explanation of some non-intuitive aspects of probability. This is very much a Martin Gradner type story.

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Leo Romero
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 by Leo Romero - Oct. 1, 2008
Leo posted this story.
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Juliet Sallette
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 by Juliet Sallette - Oct. 1, 2008
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Angyl Bender
3.7
 by Angyl Bender - Oct. 1, 2008
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