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Told that there were three groups and how they were distinguished, but not told their relative sizes, we have found that computer scientists and other programmers have almost all predicted that the blank group would be more successful in the course exam than the others: “they had the sense to refuse to answer questions which they couldn’t understand” is a typical explanation.

I almost cracked up at this. As much as we'd like to say that's how we behave, I'd say just about all of us are more likely to try to answer anyway.




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