Einstein riddle
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Hi I'm looking for that riddle that I think Einstein wrote, which he said only 2% or something of the world's poplation would be able to solve. Something about different colour houses and pets I think. any clues?
Google gives me this link, with answer: http://www.stephenson.ca/riddle.htm[^] James "I despise the city and much prefer being where a traffic jam means a line-up at McDonald's" Me when telling a friend why I wouldn't want to live with him
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Hi I'm looking for that riddle that I think Einstein wrote, which he said only 2% or something of the world's poplation would be able to solve. Something about different colour houses and pets I think. any clues?
Sadly I can't remember the details, but I have yet to meet someone presented with it who couldn't solve it. Of course, the friends I know who have tried it took varying amounts of time - perhaps there was a time restriction in his quote which has been lost...
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
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Hi I'm looking for that riddle that I think Einstein wrote, which he said only 2% or something of the world's poplation would be able to solve. Something about different colour houses and pets I think. any clues?
I solved it (good old spreadsheet) the only way that fits all the clues, BUT the 'answer page' does not show (indicating I did not solve it?!) My question is: when you read "The Norwegian lives in the first house." do you assume "first house" is on the left or the right? :confused:
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I solved it (good old spreadsheet) the only way that fits all the clues, BUT the 'answer page' does not show (indicating I did not solve it?!) My question is: when you read "The Norwegian lives in the first house." do you assume "first house" is on the left or the right? :confused:
I solved it using Excel also :) Yes, I treated this like a database and one my columns was "Sequence". The Norwegian had a sequence of 1. Cheers, Tom Archer Inside C#,
Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework It's better to listen to others than to speak, because I already know what I'm going to say anyway. - friend of Jörgen Sigvardsson -
I solved it (good old spreadsheet) the only way that fits all the clues, BUT the 'answer page' does not show (indicating I did not solve it?!) My question is: when you read "The Norwegian lives in the first house." do you assume "first house" is on the left or the right? :confused:
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Sadly I can't remember the details, but I have yet to meet someone presented with it who couldn't solve it. Of course, the friends I know who have tried it took varying amounts of time - perhaps there was a time restriction in his quote which has been lost...
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
Einstein also lived in a different era that is not accounted for. I believe people (as a whole) tend to get smarter with each passing generation. Maybe in his time, he noticed the majority of people were too unfamiliar with the concepts that he presented, but now we typically know more of them as they have already been proven or disproved and taught accordingly. For instance, logic is being taught to use in school nowadays, but back then it wasn't. The concepts aren't so strange to us. Jeremy Falcon
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My method was a little non-techie. Used pen, paper and mindmaps to solve it. Live to ride. Ride to live.
and did you guys try to plug it into that web page's answer script? 74 honda CB360, 88 Virago 575, 84 Paraplane PM2
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My method was a little non-techie. Used pen, paper and mindmaps to solve it. Live to ride. Ride to live.
I did too and solved it in about 10 minutes. Just can't beat the ability to write scribbles all over the place!
-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.21 GCS/G/MU d- s: a- C++++ UL@ P++(+++) L+(--) E--- W+++ N++ o+ K? w++++ O- M(+) V? PS-- PE Y++ PGP++ t++@ 5 X+++ R+@ tv+ b(-)>b++ DI++++ D+ G e++>+++ h---* r+++ y+++ -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
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and did you guys try to plug it into that web page's answer script? 74 honda CB360, 88 Virago 575, 84 Paraplane PM2
well, it took the password on the 4th try. guess i did get it right! :rolleyes:
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Einstein also lived in a different era that is not accounted for. I believe people (as a whole) tend to get smarter with each passing generation. Maybe in his time, he noticed the majority of people were too unfamiliar with the concepts that he presented, but now we typically know more of them as they have already been proven or disproved and taught accordingly. For instance, logic is being taught to use in school nowadays, but back then it wasn't. The concepts aren't so strange to us. Jeremy Falcon
Good point. I have some of my Dad's text books from 50 years ago, and am amazed at how little we knew of the physical world then, compared to today. And that knowledge was limited to a very few, as it was unusual for anyone to go beyond high school and on to college. Now we have a far larger segment of society college educated, and the knowledge taught is much more in depth than ever before. Einstein's claim was probably very true when he made it.
"The Lion shall lie down with the Lamb;
but the Lamb will not get much sleep..."
Lazarus Long -
Good point. I have some of my Dad's text books from 50 years ago, and am amazed at how little we knew of the physical world then, compared to today. And that knowledge was limited to a very few, as it was unusual for anyone to go beyond high school and on to college. Now we have a far larger segment of society college educated, and the knowledge taught is much more in depth than ever before. Einstein's claim was probably very true when he made it.
"The Lion shall lie down with the Lamb;
but the Lamb will not get much sleep..."
Lazarus LongI've been dying to tell this to someone. Ever notice the answer to the riddle lies in the house that's his favorite color and with person being his own nationality? Hmm... Jeremy Falcon
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Hi I'm looking for that riddle that I think Einstein wrote, which he said only 2% or something of the world's poplation would be able to solve. Something about different colour houses and pets I think. any clues?
Yay! solved it (phew!) Took about 10 minutes using a spreadsheet. My world tour What I do now.. "I spent a lot of my money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered" George Best. "I suppose if it was a choice between bon jovi and the interior of a car, the car would win, even it didnt have a radio and I had to sit in silence" James Simpson on Light Metal.
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I've been dying to tell this to someone. Ever notice the answer to the riddle lies in the house that's his favorite color and with person being his own nationality? Hmm... Jeremy Falcon
Nope.:-D
"The Lion shall lie down with the Lamb;
but the Lamb will not get much sleep..."
Lazarus Long -
I solved it (good old spreadsheet) the only way that fits all the clues, BUT the 'answer page' does not show (indicating I did not solve it?!) My question is: when you read "The Norwegian lives in the first house." do you assume "first house" is on the left or the right? :confused:
My question is: when you read "the green house is on the left of the white house", does it mean that the green house is the left neighbour of the white house? Or that the green house is one of the houses to the left of the white one? J
"I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees."
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My question is: when you read "the green house is on the left of the white house", does it mean that the green house is the left neighbour of the white house? Or that the green house is one of the houses to the left of the white one? J
"I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees."
I took it to mean it is "the very next house to the left". Every clue is needed; it'd be too general if it meant "is one of the houses to the left"