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| MathOnNapkins Posts: 172/1106 |
I talked to someone at work before I knew that I was the "winner." He suggested the idea that the terms slim and short are distinguishing features of somebody. However, liking poetry was not a distinguishing feature of an Ivy League english professor. You would almost expect him/her to like poetry by default. Thus it would never come up in the conversation. But a trucker liking poetry would defy expectation and would thus be talked about in a conversation. I liked this answer too. 
(However, the question doesn't ask us to assume a conversation was taking place, and it was also geared towards probability, so my friends answer really isn't a proper response.) |
| Schweiz oder etwas Posts: 379/2046 |
Without reading the thread...
It could be either. The short, slim build may be the result of long nights staying up and reading, writing, or devising brilliant ways to present literature to one's pupils, or it could be wrought from long hours behind the wheel of a giant truck, with little opportunity for food or sleep. The poetry? Well, someone's gotta have something to do in their spare time. Both truck drivers and ivy league professors get a good bit of that to work with. And I could be stretching this, but, well, what if it's an Ivy League professor that drives a truck? Not all trucks are the big 18 wheel kind that people get paid to drive. Disclaimer's over. |
| spel werdz rite Posts: 612/1796 |
Originally posted by MathOnNapkinsWE HAVE A WINNER!! |
| MathOnNapkins Posts: 171/1106 |
It's very simple. There are far more truck drivers than there are Ivy League English professors. By pure numbers the probility is in the truckers' favor. |
| Ziff Posts: 380/1800 |
Or a retired truck driver that managed to get his degree or something like that?
I mean there are many possibilities and logically my original answer is the most probable, unless it was just spel werdz rite doing his namesake. |
| Metal Man88 Posts: 80/701 |
What if he was both at the same time? A traveling scholar who traveled via Truck Driving?
;p |
| netscape Posts: 39/90 |
Well it could be a toss up either way on everything but the skinny part. While with proper discipline it's possible, trucking doesn't seem conducive to good health. If I had to pick I'd go with professor. However there's insufficient data for an accurate answer. |
| Trapster Posts: 1463/3604 |
Originally posted by Danielle I agree but most peoples views of this are that truck drivers are slightly overweight and drinks a lot of beer. That, however, isnīt the case. People have just had the bad luck to see most of those kind of truck drivers. My dad is atruck driver and he isnīt overweight. Everyone can like poetry. Itīs just a matter of interests. |
| Ziff Posts: 378/1800 |
Originally posted by Zamboni Flying Machine? Wow, that's a good idea. But did you notice the OTHER spelling mistakes!? I'm guessing the truck driver on this one. |
| Alastor Posts: 2015/8204 |
You should instead be apologizing for making an insipid poll/thread which has many correct answers which demands we find the stupidest one. |
| spel werdz rite Posts: 611/1796 |
Originally posted by Alastor the StylishI can't edit the poll... so sorry!  |
| Ziff Posts: 377/1800 |
He wouldn't spell enjoyed wrong. |
| Alastor Posts: 2014/8204 |
I am disappointed by the lack of the "this scenario is a waste of my time" option. |
| spel werdz rite Posts: 607/1796 |
emcee has the right logic, but for the wrong answer.
Anyways, your probably all saying Truck driver because you know I'm trying to trick you, but you still don't know how I arrived at the answer. Come on you guys! Figure out how it is more probable that I'm speaking about a truck driver rather than an Ivy League profesor. Oh, and the reason I'm doing this is something I learned in psychology, so far my teacher hit the nail on the head with your guys' answers. |
| emcee Posts: 148/867 |
Which is he, or which is he more likely to be? There's obviously no way of determining which he is, but logically he is more likely to be a professor. Truck drivers tend to work long hours, so most of the time they're either driving (almost no physical activitity), or sleeping. Unless you have a very high metabolism, its kind of hard to stay thin like that. It also doesn't leave alot of time to read poetry. |
| Danielle Posts: 1398/6737 |
Yeah... you'd be generalizing by choosing either person, because there's no certain way to pick. Their interests and body have no effect on them as individuals. |
| Thexare Posts: 236/1104 |
Well, sorry if I think that this is one of the most obvious trick questions I've seen so far. Either the obvious answer - the professor - is wrong and you're seeing who picks the obvious and is wrong, or the obvious answer is right and you're seeing how many people think it's a trick question, thus essentially turning it into one by throwing such an unlikely answer in.
Did I confuse anyone there?  |
| LizardKing Posts: 94/511 |
Well, yeah, I would say that he could be both, or neither. What a person looks like, and the persons interests doesn't have to say anything about what he does for a living.
Of course, people might link an interest for reading and poetry to people of higher education, and might thus say that it's more likely for the person to be a professor in english, than a truck driver.  |
| Hiryuu Posts: 889/2480 |
Originally posted by Rydain See, that would be my logic but I'm going for the point of view that most people would infer. |
| spel werdz rite Posts: 605/1796 |
I knew someone would do that, but "I'm choosing this because it must be a trick question" isn't my favorite type of reasoning.
Use logic to approach this, don't just give an answer because you think I might be trying to trick you guys, or even trick you guys by thinking I'm trying to trick you guys and think that the weird answer is the right answer and the obvious answer is wrong. There's a reasonable way to approach this. |
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