Mathematical Thinking Can Open New Worlds
Curiosity Weekly
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How Well Do You Think You Can Answer This Question?
Yale researchers gave people questions like the one i just asked you, simple but tricky things like why did tornadoes form and why are theire jokers in a deck of cards? Half of the participants were allowed to google the answers, and the other half had to answer them on their own. As you might expect, those who had just searched the web were more confident in their abilities than those who hadn't. People who used search engines demonstrated an inflated sense of their own ledge.
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