Winning the Brain Game: Fixing the 7 Fatal Flaws of Thinking

APPENDIX B

Solutions to Chapter 2 Insight Problems

1. An unemployed woman who did not have her driver’s license with her failed to stop at a railroad crossing, then ignored a one-way traffic sign and traveled three blocks in the wrong direction down the one-way street. All this was observed by a nearby police officer, who was on duty, yet made no effort to issue the woman a ticket for violating the laws. Why?

   SOLUTION: The woman was a pedestrian.

2. A man leaves for a horsepacking trip on Sunday. He returns on Sunday, yet was gone for exactly 10 straight days, without crossing international date lines. How is this possible?

   SOLUTION: The horse’s name is Sunday.

3. A young boy turned off the lights in his bedroom and managed to get into bed before the ...