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> How many large cohorts does it take before identifying a person It takes 33 “perfect” yes/no questions to identify uniquely anyone on earth. It is seemingly

> How many large cohorts does it take before identifying a person It takes 33 “perfect” yes/no questions to identify uniquely anyone on earth. It is seemingly large since each question splits the world in two. Of course this is in a perfect world, but I remember seeing quizzes which would guess any object given a few yes/no question. Or perhaps it was people.

sandworm101 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guess_Who%3F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guess_Who%3F "Each player starts the game with a board that includes cartoon image of 24 people [...] Players alternate asking various yes or no questions to eliminate candidates."
retzkek 6y ago
> Of course this is in a perfect world, but I remember seeing quizzes which would guess any object given a few yes/no question. Or perhaps it was people. https://en.akinator.com/ https://en.akinator.com/
- laurent92 6y ago
  This game is incredible. The question always seem to be unrelated to the person to guess, and suddenly it guessed perfectly.
  - williamscales 6y ago
    On the other hand, I tried to get it to guess Mia Dolan and it took 36 questions, two of which involved Five Nights at Freddies
  - otabdeveloper4 6y ago
    Very easy to break if you guess real-world people not famous for acting, sports or politics.
- oblio 6y ago
  It doesn't load the CSS for me, Android/Firefox :-(
- bostik 6y ago
  Couldn't get to Dianne Morgan in 40 guesses. The closest it got was to ask in sequence whether the character was British, blonde, an actor and a comedian. Not many probably know the person in question with her real name - but almost everyone who's ever watched Charlie Brooker's productions should recognise her as Philomena Cunk.
ARandomerDude 6y ago
Does your person have glasses? Is your person male? Does he have facial hair? At that point the kids usually go for broke and ask me if my player is Susan.
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sandworm101 6y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guess_Who%3F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guess_Who%3F "Each player starts the game with a board that includes cartoon image of 24 people [...] Players alternate asking various yes or no questions to eliminate candidates."

retzkek 6y ago

> Of course this is in a perfect world, but I remember seeing quizzes which would guess any object given a few yes/no question. Or perhaps it was people. https://en.akinator.com/ https://en.akinator.com/

laurent92 6y ago
This game is incredible. The question always seem to be unrelated to the person to guess, and suddenly it guessed perfectly.
- williamscales 6y ago
  On the other hand, I tried to get it to guess Mia Dolan and it took 36 questions, two of which involved Five Nights at Freddies
- otabdeveloper4 6y ago
  Very easy to break if you guess real-world people not famous for acting, sports or politics.
oblio 6y ago
It doesn't load the CSS for me, Android/Firefox :-(
bostik 6y ago
Couldn't get to Dianne Morgan in 40 guesses. The closest it got was to ask in sequence whether the character was British, blonde, an actor and a comedian. Not many probably know the person in question with her real name - but almost everyone who's ever watched Charlie Brooker's productions should recognise her as Philomena Cunk.

ARandomerDude 6y ago

Does your person have glasses? Is your person male? Does he have facial hair? At that point the kids usually go for broke and ask me if my player is Susan.

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