42 open experiments

Experiments.

Each one is based on published research and takes a few rounds; most last two or three minutes. At the end you compare your answer with the crowd and read the science behind the finding. Play again as often as you like.

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Fewest responses first. Help bring in the first data. 9 experiments

EXP. 027 · Logic

Four cards

Four cards, one rule. In psychology's most famous logic puzzle, most people turn over the wrong cards; but move the same logic into a bar scene and things change.

3 min0 responses

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EXP. 026 · Confidence

How sure are you?

Ten questions, and for each one a lower and upper bound you are 90 percent sure about. We measure not what you know, but how well you know what you don't know.

4 min1 response

Responses so far: 1

EXP. 028 · Decision

The wheel and the guess

First the wheel spins, then you estimate. The wheel's number has nothing to do with the answer; but is your estimate really unaware of it?

2 min1 response

Responses so far: 1

EXP. 030 · Patience

Now or later?

Compare 1000 TL today with larger amounts a week, a month and a year from now; measure the price of your patience and your present bias.

3 min1 response

Responses so far: 1

EXP. 020 · Gamble

The coin-flip bet

Tails, you lose 100 TL; heads, you win more. How much does the gain have to outweigh the loss before you take a bet?

2 min2 responses

Responses so far: 2

EXP. 013 · Thinking

The bat and the ball

Seven questions that look easy. The real trap is that they look easy.

3 min3 responses

Responses so far: 3

EXP. 014 · Probability

Three doors

Three doors, one car, two goats. First a single game, then 10 quick games and 100 doors: test for yourself the question that has infuriated even mathematicians.

3 min3 responses

Responses so far: 3

EXP. 012 · Decision

Two frames, one decision

Same numbers, different words. Are the numbers making your decision, or the way they are told?

2 min4 responses

Responses so far: 4

EXP. 011 · Probability

The Linda problem

Linda, Bill, and a health survey: across four short scenarios, will your intuition win, or the simplest rule of probability?

2 min7 responses

Responses so far: 7