Miscellaneous

A high-school teacher of mine, Fr. Josef Gregor, used to say, ?The more you know, the more you know you don?t know.? I was reminded of Fr. Gregor?s wise words while reading The Invisible Gorilla. Its lessons: you don?t see as much as you think you see; you don?t remember as well as you think you do; and generally your own assessments of your competence in various areas is probably inflated. Oh, and your intuition is about as reliable as divining from pigeon?s innards.

I would write a more detailed review, but Paul Bloom, writing for tomorrow?s N.Y. Times, does a better job than I could. So if you?re interested in finding out how sharp you aren?t, read his review.

And for those who have never taken this test before: watch this video and see whether you can count the number of passes the white team makes.