Why? Simple because we are always taught to construct our answers based on possible questions we have been asked before. And most of us would have learnt numbers in our kindergarten by being asked to answer based on the number of fingers held out in front of us.
The fact that we fail to understand the above question as a question of how many fingers there are totally (a spatial question) over how many fingers are held up (probability) seems funny considering how smart we are. How did we end up not understanding this simple difference?
There is enough for blame and this time its the brain that takes it all. Our brains are wired to provide rational processes, however our reason or ego within us pushes us to want to appear smarter always, often impairing good judgement over speed. And it is not entirely our blame too, it was always the fastest kid in school with the answers who appeared brilliant to the teacher, the fast answer was the smart answer etc. This is an approach we have carried on with us to this day impairing most of our decisions most of the time.
I call our generation "Smart Idiots". And we are idiots simply because we don't perceive that we are so ;)
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