Glad you made it! But how many tries did it take you to
get here? One? Five? Sixteen? If you found it on the first try, you are
either very good or very lucky; most people don't usually choose the correct
one until they've guessed three or four fakes. Why? We see pennies nearly
every day, yet we don't remember their details. Human minds are efficient,
and all they need to distinguish a penny from the other change in your
pocket is the color and maybe the size. There is no need for them to remember
every detail, down to where the dates are and what the header is (unless
you're doing this experiment or playing a trivia game). Okay, now
on to more experiments!
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