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Logical implication in action - a poll
2 points by RiderOfGiraffes on Jan 20, 2011 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment
I submitted a poll, http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2124808, then realised the short-coming that people would see the current voting before casting a vote.

Here's a quick experimental hack as an alternative.

In the light of a recent article (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2121428) by Tim Gowers about the difficulties some people have with mathematical logic, I wondered what people here would answer to this question.

Suppose I have four cards. Each card has a letter on one side, and a digit on the other. I arrange them so that you can see "D", "3", "K" and "4". I then claim that every "D" has a "4" on the other side.

Which cards do you need to turn over to see if I'm right?

Click on the appropriate link.






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