Which Is More Likely?

[The Rabbi]

Consider Linda. When Linda was in college she was heavily involved in social causes and active in campaigning. Which is more likely:

1) Linda is a bank teller.

2) Linda is a bank teller and active in feminist causes.

[Guest jwp]

3.) Linda is an angry, angry woman.

[The Rabbi]

That wasn't one of the choices.

The answers are the only two possible here.

[molonlabetn]

4.) She's a lesbian?

[creeky]

4.) She's a lesbian?

BWahahaha!!!!

That's implied... but not stated Molon!

[Guest c_o_jones]

[TGO David]

5.) She has two kids named Trevor and Carson, frequents Starbucks, has an Obama '08 sticker on the back window of her Honda Element and is recently divorced from her husband who "just wasn't right for her at this point in her life". She loves The Indigo Girls, wears Crocs with socks and refuses to shave her legs or underarms as protest against the male dominated society in which she feels she lives.

Edited June 24, 2008 by TGO David
I came up with better kid names for this douchebag liberal feminazi

[molonlabetn]

I voted for feminist bank teller.

[Guest canynracer]

Linda is a bank teller

She USED to be all active and such...but alas, it never REALLY made a difference, so although she leads an activist lifestyle in her mind...she is a only a Bank Teller. And seeing that she works at a bank, they would probably fire her for being to "active" so she has thoughts throughout the day, and maybe even raises her kids with her beliefs, but she is no longer attending the rallies.

LMAO...ok, and now the REAL question...is she hot?

[creeky]

Doe's "Linda" have an adam's apple?

(I really need to know before I vote.)

[Guest jwp]

Linda used to be Larry. He.....she used to work on my KTM.

[Guest nraforlife]

Funny stuff....

[Magiccarpetrides]

Alright...i voted for straight up Bank Teller...so what was the point in this?

[The Rabbi]

Polls ran closer than I expected.

The correct answer is 1).

This was the opening to a review of a new book called "Sway" about how people are persuaded. Their point is that people allow non-logical thinking to influence their opinions.

To go through it:

Choice 1 is the more inclusive choice. Therefore it is more likely to be correct than Choice 2.

[Guest canynracer]

WooHooo!!! I won I won:hyper:....umm...wait....what did I win???

[Guest TNDixieGirl]

Wow, I finally got something right.

[creeky]

I'm confused... so does this mean "Linda" doesn't do small engine work

on late model BMWs?

[Guest jwp]

I'm confused... so does this mean "Linda" doesn't do small engine work

on late model BMWs?

No, but "she" once helped me put a new rotor button on a 2002 back in '87 or so.

[creeky]

No, but "she" once helped me put a new rotor button on a 2002 back in '87 or so.

Awwwww... yeah. I had always heard she was a good guy and all. LOL!!!

Good old Lar... I mean Linda.

[Guest DrBoomBoom]

Funny stuff.

The answers to questions depend on a lot of things. Often, they depend on the setting of the question. If someone is asked this as a yes or no question in a college classroom, say night school where they're trying to get a degree that increases their pay scale at their job, they may be more likely to answer number one. If someone is asked this at a gun owner's website, they may be more likely to answer number two. Most people consider the answer that the questioner wants.

Using pure logic, of course, two is incorrect. There's no way of predicting whether any specific person such as Linda followed the crowd back in school and then started listening to Rush the day she got her first earned dollar, or drank the lib kool aid.

Good poll.

[The Rabbi]

It isn't incorrect. But it is less likely, which is what the question was.

[Guest meadowmb]

Linda is divorced nagging bitch that hates guns and men

[musicman]

Linda actually quit working at the bank a little over 2 weeks ago. I was in there last week and she came in in a polo and jeans and I hardly recognized her!! She came in to get her last check. She was a nice lady and always friendly when I stopped in.

Neither of your choices are correct any more, Rabbi. Sorry!

[Guest GUTTERbOY]

10) Linda was forced by her abusive husband to take part in pornographic films.

[Guest Old goat]

I voted #2 because it has been a long time since I've met a female that was not involved in feminist causes to some degree.