[julianh72 (Julian)]

Originally Posted by Tropo-Bob

The one "correct" view may still be corrupted by one's belief.

I found an interesting article that claims such behaviour, to quote:

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To see the full article, view:- http://www.motherjones.com/politics/...ou-innumerate/

A fascinating article - thanks for bringing this to my attention!

For what it's worth, I got the correct answer on the first version of the test - but that's a "non-political" version (unless you're a lobbyist for - or against - the pharmaceutical / snake-oil industry!)

It would be interesting to see how I would have done if I was presented with "Version D" (which indicates that Gun Control does not work)? Would my numeracy outweigh my socio-political views? Hard to say - because of course, you can't "un-learn" the right answer to this test, once you've seen it.