Hello my dear fellow classmates,
so today we learned about certain things that will cause us to simply be unable to solve certain problems. One of teh reasons why we are often unable to solve a problem and come to a wrong conclusion is due to teh fact that we tend to stereotype. We tend to only think of certain prototypes in our mind and are therefore unable to come up with the correct answer. Today we were faced with a lovely little riddle and of course nobody was able to come to the simple and what in hindsight seemed like such an obvious answer. I decided to presnt you guys with another riddle that will cause you to try to not think in a stereotypical manner and will cause you to ahve to think outside the box. I think taht now taht its the second riddle you will find teh answer!!! let me know what teh answer is and why you might have been mislead in teh past had you not been exposed to this type of riddle before.
A father and his son enter an airplane. They get to go to teh front of the plain and see the pilot. When the co-pilot sees taht a child has come into the area where only the pilots are allowed to be he asks for an explanation. The pilot explains to the co-pilot:"do not worry, hes supposed to be here, thats my child who just wanted to say bye to me before i fly the plane." How is taht possible?
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The pilot is a woman
ReplyDeleteYes, the pilot is a woman!
ReplyDeleteHowever, I think the only reason why I got that is because I remembered the riddle we had in class and therefore connected the two ideas. It is very interesting and scary how stereotypical the world can be. For instance, all Jews have big noses. It's weird that we wouldn't even think of a woman being a pilot. Although it is hard to get rid of these stereotypes in our minds, I think that now that I am conscious of it, I will hopefully not fall in that trap anymore.