The text discusses a problem where you assume that you have a drawer containing 19 single black socks and 13 single blues and you are asked to determine how many socks you must pull out in the dark in order to be sure of having a matching pair.This problem was presented to demonstrate how the belief bias can interfere with deductive reasoning.

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The problem is a classic example of a probability or combinatorial problem, not one specifically used to demonstrate belief bias in deductive reasoning. Belief bias involves evaluating the logical strength of an argument based on the believability of the conclusion, which is not the focus of this sock problem.

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