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tefypineda96
 
Reply Sun 24 Mar, 2019 06:29 pm
George, Helen, and Steve are drinking coffee. Bart, Karen, and Dave are drinking soda. Is Ellie drinking coffee or soda.
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mystikmind
 
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Reply Sun 24 Mar, 2019 07:25 pm
@tefypineda96,
I say Ellie is drinking boo-dong juice from the 10th dimension.

Now my challenge to you is to logically rule that answer out with just the information given in the riddle?
fresco
 
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Reply Mon 25 Mar, 2019 01:57 am
@mystikmind,
Smile Yes...we've seen that riddle multiple times...but your 'logic' attempt is flawed because the OP concerns a forced choice alternative scenario which defines what constitutes 'information'.
mystikmind
 
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Reply Mon 25 Mar, 2019 03:45 pm
@fresco,
Wrong. The logic test of the riddle works when you do not contaminate with any prior knowledge of the answer.
fresco
 
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Reply Tue 26 Mar, 2019 06:43 am
@mystikmind,
No...not wrong !
Definition of 'information' = 'that which aids decision between alternatives'.
mystikmind
 
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Reply Tue 26 Mar, 2019 03:15 pm
@fresco,
WOW, That's so exciting....
Here is the definition of... my foot!
foot
/fʊt/
noun
noun: foot; plural noun: feet
1. the lower extremity of the leg below the ankle, on which a person stands or walks.

fresco
 
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Reply Tue 26 Mar, 2019 04:04 pm
@mystikmind,
Congratulations. You've just been awarded the A2K Non Sequitur award of the week ...and yes,you can receive it on 'bended knee' as per other threads !
mystikmind
 
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Reply Tue 26 Mar, 2019 04:20 pm
@fresco,
You need the crutch of other threads to stand on your own feet?

Boring now.
laughoutlood
 
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Reply Tue 26 Mar, 2019 08:20 pm
@mystikmind,

I nearly spat my boodong juice all about at fresco's pigment intrusion onto your fresh wet thoughts.
mystikmind
 
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Reply Tue 26 Mar, 2019 08:28 pm
@laughoutlood,
Well, normally i only get 'fresh' wet thoughts very early in the morning, but, whatever!
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fresco
 
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Reply Wed 27 Mar, 2019 03:17 am
@laughoutlood,
'Wet'....definitely ! Laughing
mystikmind
 
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Reply Wed 27 Mar, 2019 04:10 pm
@fresco,
This conversation reminded me of the movie Horrible Bosses and the 'wet work' incident!
(that was funny)
fresco
 
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Reply Wed 27 Mar, 2019 04:52 pm
@mystikmind,
Good ....but I was referring to the British interpretation of 'wet'
mystikmind
 
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Reply Wed 27 Mar, 2019 05:02 pm
@fresco,
Huh, the British interpretation of weather is 'wet'
fresco
 
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Reply Wed 27 Mar, 2019 05:06 pm
@mystikmind,
true ..but not in the context of politics.
mystikmind
 
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Reply Wed 27 Mar, 2019 07:30 pm
@fresco,
Where does politics come into it?
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maxdancona
 
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Reply Wed 27 Mar, 2019 07:39 pm
@tefypineda96,
1. I believe Ellie is drinking coffee.

2. This is an interesting type of riddle, where the intellectual challenge is to find a rule that matches the pattern. Don't listen to the haters.

Am I correct?
mystikmind
 
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Reply Wed 27 Mar, 2019 07:57 pm
@maxdancona,
My personal dislike are things that lack specificity - that is not a crime.
nacredambition
 
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Reply Wed 27 Mar, 2019 08:34 pm
@mystikmind,
Yeah, I hate lack of specificity, what answer to the riddle do you have?
mystikmind
 
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Reply Wed 27 Mar, 2019 09:12 pm
@nacredambition,
The information provided, allowed me to narrow down the answer to anything in the known universe and beyond.

I recognize some people have a knack for things that lack specificity - not me. I remember back in school, in English class, the teacher would always say "you have not answered the question". My response to that was always the same "you did not give me enough specificity to answer the question the way you wanted me to"

Its the way my brain was made thingy i guess?
 

 
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