Animals sometimes seem to understand viscerally certain mathematical operations better than humans do. Temple mathematician John Allen Paulos responded to the question: Do the abilities of animals to calculate really exceed those of humans? "In the infamous Monty Hall Problem, named after the television game show, human subjects seem to pale next to pigeons in mathematical reasoning," wrote Paulos. "Good empiricists, the pigeons simply follow the evidence. People, on the other hand, overanalyze and get confused."