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Can you pass the World's Shortest IQ Test?

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Why it worked

The video leverages the inherent curiosity and challenge of brain teasers, creating a sense of urgency and engagement by withholding the answers and promising an explanation in a subsequent video. The "pause and think" format encourages active participation.

Summary

The video presents three challenging logic puzzles, commonly known as IQ test questions, to test the viewer's cognitive abilities. It encourages viewers to pause, think, and write down their answers before revealing the solutions in a future video.

Structure

1Introduction to the IQ test
2Question 1: Bat and Ball
3Question 2: Machines and Widgets
4Question 3: Lilypads
5Call to action and preview of next video

Call to action

Comment your answer before looking at the comments! Don't cheat! The answer vid + analyses vids are coming very soon! I intentionally made this into separate videos so that you have a chance to break out of "doomscroll-induced brainrot" mode and actually think about the answers before they're just given to you. 👋Hi! If you're new here, I'm Avisha, a scientist who loves helping you apply high-quality research to better understand–and IMPROVE–your brain and body! 🧙‍♂️ I'm also weird. You have be

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Can you pass the World's Shortest IQ Test? It's only 3 questions! Developed at MIT, it shows how vulnerable you are to many cognitive biases and more than 80% fail! including more than half of MIT students! Here's the first question. A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost? Pause and think. Write down your answer. Next question in... 4 3 2 1 Here's the second question. If it takes 5 machines 5 minutes to make 5 widgets, How long would it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets? Whatever a widget is. Pause and think. Write down your answer. Next question in... 5 4 3 2 1 Here's the third and last question. In a lake there is a patch of lilypads Every day the patch doubles in size If it takes 48 days for the patch to cover the entire lake How long does it take to cover half the lake? DON'T CHEAT! Think, then write your answer in the comments. Along with how hard you found the question on a scale from 1-10 I'll explain why later! You'll like it! In my next video i'll explain why these questions are deceptively hard. And what your answers say about you.