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The Wason Card Problem. I'd be interested to know whether you pick the right cards, and if you agree with how the solution is reasoned out.
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With the proviso that I didn't realize that those four cards are the only cards, yes and yes.
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The Wason Card Problem.
I'd be interested to know whether you pick the right cards, and if you agree with how the solution is reasoned out.
Ohmygod, gimmie an "a" for god's sake, gimme an "a".
Don't you, Hydra, understand semantics? 
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just so we're all on the same page, the correct answer is A and 7.
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On a different (contrary) page, the correct answer is conditional. Depending on the results, flipping either the A or the 7 card could prove the statement false. 
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if you agree with how the solution is reasoned out. Yes; I noted, however, that were the number of vowels only two, then either number would have done.
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Nice syntax, Jackie!
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if you agree with how the solution is reasoned out. Yes; I noted, however, that were the number of vowels only two, then either number would have done.
Of which we have no way of knowing it without turning over both numbered cards.
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Thanks, Anna, though I confess I don't get what warrants the compliment...
Thanks, Faldage--I had a feeling I was missing something somewhere, and re-reading the article helped me realize what it was: as many logic puzzles as I've done, I still fell into the trap: just because four does not have a vowel on the other side, it doesn't automatically mean that seven does. [smacking forehead e] (Now, if we'd been told that there were a total of two consonants and two vowels on those cards...)
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Thanks, Anna, though I confess I don't get what warrants the compliment...
... your succinct use of the subjunctive.
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