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Tech support cheat sheet

I wish most people grew intuition. Are you one who regularly gets bothered by friends, relatives or random people with every snippety problem they encounter? Are they also spreading your recommendation for such problems to more random people? Then you need to start distributing the following on your calling card: Tech support cheat sheet (xkcd)

Social interaction is prime

Who would have guessed that even mathematical logic is not a pure expression of general intelligence, but rather a device evolved directly out of simple reward-punishment and social exchange? wiki: Wason selection task Okay, perhaps the amount of practice done in this area by most humans could also provide part of the explanation.