[nicoburns]

> I believe this test doesn't really test logical thinking, but our biases about what we think the rules are implying.

The most interesting thing this brings up is a bimodal distribution of answers between those that take a "quick intuitive answer" approach and those that a "stop and think through it carefully" approach. This can be influenced in towards either method by priming the testee as you suggest. But the fascinating thing is that if you don't do this, you find that each individual has an innate preference towards one or other method.

This is one of the main subjects of Daniel Kahneman's book "Thinking Fast and Slow" (see also: "Maps of Bounded Rationality" if you'd rather read something journal article sized), and along with introversion/extraversion constitutes one of the primary axis of the MBTI.

[V__]

Funny you bring this up. Last time I came upon this test, I took the time and solved it correctly. Today I was watching YouTube in another tab and just clicked through it and got it totally wrong.

Thank you for the MBTI reference, will check it out.