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> Human intelligence doesn't get confused like that. We do; this is the premise of many children's riddle-games, like the one that goes: "What is white and rh
by mitthrowaway2 2mo ago
> Human intelligence doesn't get confused like that.
We do; this is the premise of many children's riddle-games, like the one that goes:
"What is white and rhymes with silk? > Milk. What is cheese made from? > Milk. > What do cows drink?"
At which point the riddle-guesser is very likely to answer "milk" even though the correct answer is "water".
- recursive 2mo agoI take issue with your "correct" answer. Q: Why do cows produce milk? A: Because calves (baby cows) drink it.
- mitthrowaway2 2mo agoYep, if the riddle asked "what do calves drink", then "milk" would definitely have been the correct answer.
- recursive 2mo agoObviously. My point is that it's already not all that unreasonable, which you notably didn't address.
- red75prime 2mo agoI think it has very little to do with reasoning and much more with psychological inertia or pattern matching.
- recursive 1mo agoIf I trick you into answering a question correctly, that doesn't make you wrong. Even if I suspect you did it for the wrong reason.
- ben_w 2mo agoMay I suggest the one common in my childhood playgrounds as an alternative? How do you escape from a perfectly sealed room with a table in it? You run around the table until your legs are sore, use the saw to cut the table into two, two halves make a whole, you escape through the hole.
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- planckscnst 2mo agoFor people wondering, in some locations, sore and saw are homophones.