Good one

When I first found this one it was in an article claiming that 95% of preschoolers got it right on the first try, but 95% of college students were completely stumped by it.

What's greater than God,
More evil than the devil,
Rich people want it,
Poor people have it,
And if you eat it you die?

I know this one, but I will give everyone else a chance

It would appear that no one else is going to try to get it...

A Heart or your heart

Nope.

The suspense is killing me.

I believe the answer is ...nothing.

Brutus wrote:I believe the answer is ...nothing.

Correct.

That was good

Anyone care to know what the article said the reasons were that caused 95% of preschoolers to get it right on the first try while 95% of college students were completely stumped by it?

Sure, but I'm sure it's something simple like the children were able to look at it in a simple way, while the college kids took to over analyzing it looking for a complex answer.

tigerj2 wrote:Sure, but I'm sure it's something simple like the children were able to look at it in a simple way, while the college kids took to over analyzing it looking for a complex answer.

Something like that. It has to do with the way people think when they're a kid and how they're taught to think as they go through school. Kids tend to look at each question as it is asked, answering them each individually. By the time people become adults they are taught to wait and take in the whole thing before trying to answer. The more parts the question has the more complex the answer should be per the logic taught to them in modern schools. This causes them to ignore the obvious answer and try to come up with something that fits the expectation instead of something that simply answers the question.

To an extent I agree with the article. The obvious answer always seems to be the last one considered by most adults these days and having spent the past week playing the role of daycare for my daughter (she's 4) I've noticed that the obvious answer is almost always the first one she considers...

I cant agree more. Im only in high school and I see it happen alot more.