Kanchan (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} my_pastiche) wrote,@ 2007-10-03 10:43:00 |
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Perception.
In Australia a five year old boy is offered, by his companions, a choice between a one dollar coin and a two dollar coin. The two dollar coin is much smaller. the boy chooses the larger coin. His companions laughed and giggled at the apparent 'stupidity'. They repeat the offer on various occasions. The boy always chooses the larger coin.
One day, an adult feels sorry for the 'victim' and tells him that the small coin is actually more valuable than the larger coin.
"Yes I know that," said the five year old, "but how often would they have offered me the choice if I had taken the smaller coin in the first time?"
It's all in the perception, right?
