Quick & curious · Numbers

Hardly anyone turns over the right cards here.

Playing cards scattered on a carpet
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10%not even this many solved it

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Showing: 3, 8, blue, red. Rule: even number → opposite side blue. Turn which?

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In Wason's study, not even one in ten found the solution. But if the rule is "If you drink alcohol, you must be over 18" – with cards like "16", "drinking beer", "25" and "drinking soda" – most people have no trouble. Some researchers see a sense for catching cheaters behind this.