My reasoning is more than yours

Bartosz Styrna · 2011-06-24T17:50:45

Recently I did this short quiz, found in the status update of one of the gamedev society memebers http://www.funnywebs...m/reasoning.php Please take it in order to fully undrstand the incoming rant. Question 1. I admit that one got me. I did not take into consideration how big a refrigerator can get. I'll let that one slide. Question 2. Given question one, there are no details as to the size of the refrigerator, thus an elephant and girafee could fit in there. If that does not convince you, read the question once again -- how do you fit an elephant into A refrigerator? The "a" suggests it is a generic, girafee free refrigerator that has no connection to the one from question 2. Question 3. This one I got correct. Still, no one claimed that the refrigerator was locked shut. The elephant could freelly move out of it and attempt the conference. There are no technology issues with opening a door by such a large animal. Quetion 4. No one mentioned where the meeting would take place. There is a plausibility that it was in the lake or it's vicinity, in which case crossing would be impossible. Also, according to some, humans are in fact animals, so I would not be allowed to cross the river as I would be attending the conference. Unless that one animal that did not participate in the event was me, waiting by that stupid river. What is your take on these questions? Care to throw in some more elaborate and/or wacky explanations as to why the test is wrong?

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Started by Zethariel June 23, 2011 12:12 PM

21 comments, last by way2lazy2care 12 years, 10 months ago

Hodgman

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June 24, 2011 03:14 PM

I hate these kinds of jokes...

"[font="'Comic Sans MS"]Explanation: This tests whether you[/font] punch me in the face for being an arrogant, condescending jerk"

I really hope the bit at the end is just a joke to allow the bad punch-line ("most professionals have the brains of a four year old"), and there aren't people out there that think that it's possible to get these questions "right" or "wrong". The "right" answer is just whatever arbitrary solution the joke-teller makes up to fuel their bad jokes...

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ChurchSkiz

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June 24, 2011 05:19 PM

[quote name='JoeCooper' timestamp='1308903795' post='4827172']
You can totally break things intentionally too and it be a positive experience. Winterbells, for example, actually does have you just keep going up. Sorta. Note how the rule is established by letting you test your prior knowledge (rabbits jump), surprise you with a subversion (bells make you go up whut?) and makes you fail immediately (you likely don't already know hitting the ground ends it).

By using a little tact (careful word choice and presentation tactics I won't go into) and letting you try again and achieve total understanding of the rules, it gives a polar opposite experience to the reasoning test.

(Also note how the "How To Play" instruction at the open is super careful not to mention the flight or end condition.)

There's one flash game that I can't remember the name of that was the same level over and over and all it did was change the ruleset every time to crazy stuff (gravity pulls up and you jump down, spikes are good, etc). I remember having a great time with that game just because each level was like a riddle where you had to reevaluate your preconceived notions about the game.
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This? This is the only level