{"id":51710,"date":"2015-07-09T11:14:14","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T17:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/09\/problem-solving-and-confirmation-bias.html"},"modified":"2015-07-09T11:14:14","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T17:14:14","slug":"problem-solving-and-confirmation-bias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/09\/problem-solving-and-confirmation-bias.html","title":{"rendered":"Problem Solving (and confirmation bias)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#39;s a fun little problem solving test (and a good follow-up article).  How did you do?<\/p>\n<p>(h\/t <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a class=\"proflink\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/118155570755046436520\" oid=\"118155570755046436520\">The Bruce, Mile High<\/a><\/span>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2015\/07\/03\/upshot\/a-quick-puzzle-to-test-your-problem-solving.html'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/UbqowE26IH_d-pQ_DFupCn_Zm9I0MJHf1F2Yl0nSOXnZuBi3rXnsdvH5T4Tuowcpx4wVj1lAlmRaSf4E8VhjH60ftRmCT8PHt7Nwlb8NhqaEmvuMHXp5kedK34Qh2M7nQ37zsMBdoCCWaiC5ke_gXryHUJ_eln2nh6vKm18lNF_JXw=w506-h303-p' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2015\/07\/03\/upshot\/a-quick-puzzle-to-test-your-problem-solving.html'>A Quick Puzzle to Test Your Problem Solving<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nA short game sheds light on government policy, corporate America, and why no one likes to be wrong.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/36otavkhqRg'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#39;s a fun little problem solving test (and a good follow-up article). How did you do? (h\/t +The Bruce, Mile High) A Quick Puzzle to Test Your Problem Solving A short game sheds light on government policy, corporate America, and why no one likes to be wrong. 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