# Gullibility **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 11, 2001, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gullibility/86766 "2001-10-11T11:43:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gullibility/86766/21 "2001-10-11T15:21:32Z")
12 out of 20 correct. I believed 2 of the false claims and disbelieved 6 of the true ones. ---
**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gullibility/86766/22 "2001-10-11T15:40:44Z")
I am not so sure there is anything embarrasing about a low score. And picking true for some of the false ones does not make you gullible. To be gullible you would actually have to believe a false story to be true. Inn Considering that it was obvious some of these were true and you were simply trying to guess which ones they were, does not make you gullible. It just makes you a bad guesser. It is one thing to guess something being true and another to actually believe it. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gullibility/86766/23 "2001-10-11T15:48:14Z")
You and me both, detop. Manhattan, the city, was NOT bought for $24. It was bought (traded actually) for _jewelery and trinkets_ ostensibly worth the equivalent of $24 in Dutch currency. So the statement, as worded, is false. Also, excess skin on a cat CANNOT be considered a wing. Ever. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Adjusted score - 12/20. ---
**Author:** ![Godfrey\_Daniels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Godfrey\_Daniels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Godfrey_Daniels)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gullibility/86766/24 "2001-10-11T16:32:13Z")
13/3/4…if Doctor Jackson’s adjustments are made, 15/2/4. I agree regarding the beads/trinkets adjustment, just flat reject the winged cat idea (much like the carnival side show “two headed cow” which was a loose flap of skin also), and agree with Fiver regarding the laws of physics. Tenuous, indeed. But what the hey, it’s just a stupid, fun little waste of a few minutes, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gullibility/86766/25 "2001-10-11T17:04:28Z")
Why thank you, **tretiak** , for making that excellent point. I was a bad guesser this morning. That’s all there is to it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gullibility/86766/26 "2001-10-11T17:05:16Z")
**Doctor Jackson** : > [@](#): > > Manhattan, the city, was NOT bought for $24. Although I’ve heard that **manhattan** , the moderator, can be bought for much less than that. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gullibility/86766/27 "2001-10-11T17:28:34Z")
‘Can be’, ‘has been’, they all apply to Manny. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gullibility/86766/28 "2001-10-11T19:16:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cliffy \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by TruePisces \* > > **And I just realized the misspelling in the Thread title.** > > Yeah, the problem with gullibility is that not only is it kinda tough to spell, but you can’t even check it because it isn’t in the dictionary.\*\* C’mon, _nobody_ bit on this? Jeez! –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gullibility/86766/29 "2001-10-11T19:39:05Z")
**Cliffy** : > [@](#): > > C’mon, _nobody_ bit on this? Jeez! Maybe someone would have, **Cliffy** , but we’ve already [been there](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=85674) and done that, quite recently. Please try to keep up. ---
**Author:** ![boomvark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@boomvark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boomvark)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gullibility/86766/30 "2001-10-11T20:17:25Z")
1. Believed 2 false statements; disbelieved 5 true ones. Some of that stuff … yow. ---
**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gullibility/86766/31 "2001-10-11T20:23:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Doctor Jackson \* > \*\*You and me both, detop. Manhattan, the city, was NOT bought for $24. It was bought (traded actually) for _jewelery and trinkets_ ostensibly worth the equivalent of $24 in Dutch currency. So the statement, as worded, is false. Also, excess skin on a cat CANNOT be considered a wing. Ever. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Adjusted score - 12/20. \*\* It’s not even clear they actually bought Manhatten in the first place. Chances are they were duped by some Indians who just happened to be there at the time. Boy, those Dutch sure were gullible. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gullibility/86766/32 "2001-10-11T20:50:56Z")
Another 12/2/6 here. Looks like Dopers are a skeptical lot. Cats have wings and pigs fly. ---
**Author:** ![MissBHaven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missbhaven/32/7170_2.png) [@MissBHaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissBHaven)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gullibility/86766/33 "2001-10-11T21:49:00Z")
I’m with you **Pucette** , I’m not telling. My score was not a pretty site. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gullibility/86766.md?page=1)