A bit off the beaten path now, but congrats on figure out the riddle I posted.
You would not believe how many people could not figure that out given its obvious 3rd grade solution.
The riddle works to confuse people in much the same way a good illusionist makes you look at the right hand while the left hand conducts the switch.
By placing the thought of ADDING the $2.00 to the total and not subtracting it, the person is led down the path of suggestive thought. They assume that what they have been told is correct and do not question it. Therefore the ingima becames a riddle. Most people that are capable of free independant thought and have even the most basic problem solving skills can solve the riddle in little under five minutes.
I was working as a process tech IV at the time and bidding on a supervisor job when a friend passed the riddle out at the lunch table where 12 people were sitting, including the manager who was responsible for filling the open supervisor position. They all tried to figure the riddle out but could not. I came over to ask how the interviewing process was going, digging for info, and was presented the riddle by one of them. It was so basic to solve that IIRC I did it in less than a minute. I nearly laughed when I was told that they all had been working on it for over half an hour. And these people were all college graduates who thought they were the smartes among the entire work force.
I got the supervisor job.
[ July 23, 2003, 09:05: Message edited by: Atrocities ]