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Guys & Girls - Blue & Pink: "Strange and Weird! Can You Figure This Out?" BRAINTEASER
Fun :glasses: !
"..told thousands of times since 1972 but only about 3% of the people that hear it comprehend it."
"THE MAJORITY OF THOSE WHO DO COMPREHEND IT ARE FEMALE."
Heh, Nice ;) (and true in my case) ...
Guys and Girls - See how you do :writing: : All you have to do is watch...
I would appreciate if you share your results, since I am very curious as to how his 3% statistic holds up against ours as a test group who has a particular familiarity with the topic (no spoliers here; LoL :D ). I have made it an anonymous poll...
"So, let's begin..." :giggles:
Enjoy.
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Re: Guys & Girls - Blue & Pink: "Strange and Weird! Can You Figure This Out?" BRAINTE
I haven't watched it yet but wanted to let you know that you forgot to make the poll.
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Re: Guys & Girls - Blue & Pink: "Strange and Weird! Can You Figure This Out?" BRAINTE
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Originally Posted by
seraya
I haven't watched it yet but wanted to let you know that you forgot to make the poll.
Thanx xX ;) . I appreciate that.
I was "perfecting" it; LoL.
There:
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Re: Guys & Girls - Blue & Pink: "Strange and Weird! Can You Figure This Out?" BRAINTE
:) yup it is there now. Will let ya know my results when i have watched it.
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Re: Guys & Girls - Blue & Pink: "Strange and Weird! Can You Figure This Out?" BRAINTE
wait this is dumb it was very simple i went to the website becuse he asked a question that was illrevant all the dollars are accounted for this is not missing dollar. I did not see the point.
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Re: Guys & Girls - Blue & Pink: "Strange and Weird! Can You Figure This Out?" BRAINTE
Well..I didn't get it. But then again, I'm a ditzy blonde with very very bad math skills. I still add on my fingers.
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Re: Guys & Girls - Blue & Pink: "Strange and Weird! Can You Figure This Out?" BRAINTE
AT the end of the video, I though, why is he saying that they payed $9 each? they paid less than that for the room, and the rest was stolen by the bellhop...
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Re: Guys & Girls - Blue & Pink: "Strange and Weird! Can You Figure This Out?" BRAINTE
i got it, but i liked how they tried to throw us off by 3x9. heh.
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Re: Guys & Girls - Blue & Pink: "Strange and Weird! Can You Figure This Out?" BRAINTE
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Originally Posted by
Chrissy68
i got it, but i liked how they tried to throw us off by 3x9. heh.
Hee hee hee...
I believe that this exercise illustrates one's differences in pattern thinking.
For example:
- Some people think it is simple - these are people who are more likely to have established pattern thinking.
- Some people don't get it / it doesn't make sense to them - Their thought process just works differently.
I don't perceive this to necessarily be an indication of intelligence, or lack thereof, since there are a myriad of different types of intelligence.
This exercise is simply intended to identify a very specific type of analysis capability.
It is so interesting to me how everyone perceives things so differently :glasses: ...
Keep 'em coming!
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Re: Guys & Girls - Blue & Pink: "Strange and Weird! Can You Figure This Out?" BRAINTE
All I know is that unless that bellhop likes loud country with full strobe and a ton of smoke that dollar is in my tip jar. 8)
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Re: Guys & Girls - Blue & Pink: "Strange and Weird! Can You Figure This Out?" BRAINTE
Nope, I'm not much of a puzzle solver...
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Re: Guys & Girls - Blue & Pink: "Strange and Weird! Can You Figure This Out?" BRAINTE
I remembered that puzzle from school.... I got it then too. ;)
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Re: Guys & Girls - Blue & Pink: "Strange and Weird! Can You Figure This Out?" BRAINTE
i dont get it.
i even went to the ite, and it still doesnt make sence.
wtf?
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Re: Guys & Girls - Blue & Pink: "Strange and Weird! Can You Figure This Out?" BRAINTE
I got it, but another way. $5 divided by 3 = $1 remainder $2. Each man got $1, and the remainder is in the bellhop's pocket.
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Re: Guys & Girls - Blue & Pink: "Strange and Weird! Can You Figure This Out?" BRAINTE
Well that settles it. I'm a mathmatical idiot. I went to the site and everything. Still don't get it.
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Re: Guys & Girls - Blue & Pink: "Strange and Weird! Can You Figure This Out?" BRAINTE
I really don't like the website's so-called "explanation" as its not an explanation at all. It's merely a rehashing of the particulars, but doesn't really explain anything as to why there's a seeming missing dollar.. (the main key being the 3 x 9 dollars part) so I'm not surprised that some people still didn't get it after going to the website!
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Re: Guys & Girls - Blue & Pink: "Strange and Weird! Can You Figure This Out?" BRAINTE
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Originally Posted by
DJ Maimed
All I know is that unless that bellhop likes loud country with full strobe and a ton of smoke that dollar is in my tip jar. 8)
LoL;
Be nice DJ Maimed...
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Re: Guys & Girls - Blue & Pink: "Strange and Weird! Can You Figure This Out?" BRAINTE
For those who didn't get it, you are probably thinking that it is more complicated than what it really is.
When I took calculus in college I got stuck on an equation. My professor said, "Nobody hid or changed anything to trick you - all the information you need to solve this problem is here. You are making it more complicated than it is..."
Of course, being a perfectionist who was being intimidated by my professor practically telling me I was blind ("Why don't I get it?" LoL), my mind went further and further from the answer in his presence.
However, when I got home in a more relaxed environment devoid of my professor's coffee breath in my face telling me, "It's so simple; Why can't you see it?", I was able to see that the answer was really simple -
It was my thinking that it was more complicated than it really was that kept me from resolving the problem.
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Re: Guys & Girls - Blue & Pink: "Strange and Weird! Can You Figure This Out?" BRAINTE
I got it initially, but I was still thrown off by the 3x9 part.
Eh, now I get that part. 3x9=27 minus $2 =$25 for the room.
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Re: Guys & Girls - Blue & Pink: "Strange and Weird! Can You Figure This Out?" BRAINTE
Together they payed $28 for the room where is the $27 coming from? 2 men paid $9.33 and one paid $9.34, the bell hop took the other $2.
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Re: Guys & Girls - Blue & Pink: "Strange and Weird! Can You Figure This Out?" BRAINTE
I likey these things, they're fun :)
Edit: Oh, and I figured it out before hand too.
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Re: Guys & Girls - Blue & Pink: "Strange and Weird! Can You Figure This Out?" BRAINTE
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Originally Posted by
Taco Goblin
I really don't like the website's so-called "explanation" as its not an explanation at all. It's merely a rehashing of the particulars, but doesn't really explain anything as to why there's a seeming missing dollar.. (the main key being the 3 x 9 dollars part) so I'm not surprised that some people still didn't get it after going to the website!
But there is not a missing dollar. Right? I don't want to go to the website what does the website say?
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Re: Guys & Girls - Blue & Pink: "Strange and Weird! Can You Figure This Out?" BRAINTE
Ok I figured it out it's all just a coy way to get you to go to his website and get a free hit.
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Re: Guys & Girls - Blue & Pink: "Strange and Weird! Can You Figure This Out?" BRAINTE
Order of operations, baby. So good. =D