If a baseball and bat cost $110, and the bat costs $100 more than the ball, how much does the ball cost?

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Your answer to the riddle above can predict whether you are a believer in religion or a disbeliever:

If you answered $10 you are inclined to believe in religion. If you answered $5 you are inclined to disbelieve.

I have no axe to grind, I just found the following study interesting:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-...and-reason
@Brad Did you read the article or is that simply your intuitive answer?
@Jack I have to agree with you there.
@Paz
Ball: 5
Bat: 105

105 + 5 = 110 / Ball and bat cost $110
105 - 5 = 100 / Bat costs 100 more than ball
@Rocky Mountain Patriot
re: "Now ask yourself, are liberals really the most religious individuals you know? They fit the other descriptors from the study about struggles with analytic reasoning. They’re emotion driven creatures not to be bothered with facts, reason or analytic thinking."

Consider what it takes to vote for a politician with the record you have outlined in your response. Belief in the nebulous slogans of Hope and Change, faith that despite all of the failures and scandals his first term wrought, that belief in him will bring them prosperity, peace, and the good will of other nations. They have their own doctrine which requires the abandonment of reason and logic when confronted with facts which contradict their relativistic philosophy. They too use fear and guilt to control the masses, ask for sacrifice and warn that our productivity is a sin that manifest itself in carbon. They prophesize a great Apocalypse will punish us should we fail to heed their warning
They sell carbon credits in much the same way the church sold indulgences in the middle ages. They cast out, publicly denounce, shun and marginalize any heretic "denier" who dares to question their dogma.

Since Progressives tend to support or oppose policies and politicians based on how those policies and politicians make them feel about themselves, they do very little intellectual examination of whether the policies and politicians they advocate are successful. That's because it doesn't matter to them whether the policy is effective or not; it matters whether advocating the policy makes them feel "good" or "bad," "compassionate" or "stingy," "nice" or "mean."

Because of this, Progressivism has more in common with religion than it does with other political ideologies like conservatism or libertarianism. Moreover, liberal beliefs are more like religious doctrine than any sort of battle-tested policies that b
bear up under logic or examination. Although the interpretation of the doctrine that the Left supports may change a bit over time, just as religious doctrine does, it's essentially taken on faith, like scripture. This is much easier than questioning a policy's merit.

Just because they may not necessarily display a propensity for organized religion in its commonly accepted definition, the flock of the progressive movement meet the basic criteria to form one if they wished. Good grief and I said I didn't have an axe to grind..

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