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"Monkeys are better at estimating quantities than Duke undergrads."

"Cantlon then gave Duke students the same exact task, rewarding them with cash instead of Kool-Aid. And they were right about 90 percent of the time — not a great deal better than the monkeys."

Wow. Are you Duke grads? Because ACC taught me that 75% is actually LOWER than 90%. Fancy that.

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