Same for a friend that has kids. They've got tablets for games and Youtube, but that's about it. Everything else is locked down, they don't have social media accounts, etc... Giving a kid a device doesn't mean letting them have free reign on it any more.
The speed of light is grade school educational material now, but at one point or another we blamed illness on foul odors and "knew" Earth was the center of the universe. Thankfully, we're fortunate enough to live in times where we can see atoms, viruses, and bacteria.We even use invisible light at a whim to control our TVs. Radio signals from satellites provide such precise measurement that we use it for navigating the planet(GPS). Our ability to measure things is better than ever and we're still finding surprising things from time to time. I wonder what we'll discover in the next 50 years.
Yeah, I think the extra options were there for a couple of reasons. Some people will simply guess and that gives a 33% chance of randomly being correct. By having a couple of extra options they can reduce that by giving people options that they may feel are correct. This also helps find additional flaws in reasoning that would be missed if only options 1, 2, or 3 were available.
I also arrived at the correct answer, but I got there by assessing the truth of the statements first without guessing where the cat was. Then I doubled back and checked it by assuming the cat's location first just in case my logic was faulty. A fun exercise, but I am still a little surprised that just 36% of people got it. I would have guessed at least 50% would have figured it out.
Not to mention that there are plenty of ways to ruin people's fun in a game without ever calling anyone nasty names. Some players are also straight up going to be better than everyone else in a game and people will accuse them of cheating. How much you want to bet some players will falsely be reported for imagined infractions and after $X complaints your account is flagged as "toxic."
Plus, how long are you flagged as toxic? What if your behavior improves? Will you be let out of "toxic player" jail? What if putting toxic players with other toxic players just makes everyone angrier and more toxic?
Hard to say what causes us to develop certain preferences, but perhaps that was the best option available at the time. I've heard of parents forcing their kids to eat certain things. Some going so far as to put the meal back in the fridge and refusing to give the kid anything else to eat until they finished off the previous mail. That kind of tactic doesn't just cause the kid to go hungry, it makes the kid despise the food in question.
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I'd rather have the extra three feet in my room instead of the hall.
Giving a kid a device doesn't mean letting them have free reign on it any more.
Still, I hope this doesn't convince her to play the lottery. Odds are MUCH worse for that.
At least they didn't add parkour:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2020/12/01/parkour-group-urges-ioc-to-reject-their-sport-from-olympics/115078334/
Thankfully, we're fortunate enough to live in times where we can see atoms, viruses, and bacteria.We even use invisible light at a whim to control our TVs. Radio signals from satellites provide such precise measurement that we use it for navigating the planet(GPS).
Our ability to measure things is better than ever and we're still finding surprising things from time to time. I wonder what we'll discover in the next 50 years.
I also arrived at the correct answer, but I got there by assessing the truth of the statements first without guessing where the cat was. Then I doubled back and checked it by assuming the cat's location first just in case my logic was faulty. A fun exercise, but I am still a little surprised that just 36% of people got it. I would have guessed at least 50% would have figured it out.
Plus, how long are you flagged as toxic? What if your behavior improves? Will you be let out of "toxic player" jail? What if putting toxic players with other toxic players just makes everyone angrier and more toxic?
I've heard of parents forcing their kids to eat certain things. Some going so far as to put the meal back in the fridge and refusing to give the kid anything else to eat until they finished off the previous mail. That kind of tactic doesn't just cause the kid to go hungry, it makes the kid despise the food in question.