[ExI] Intelligence test

[spike at rainier66.com]

> On Behalf Of William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
Subject: Re: [ExI] Intelligence test

 

>…"A pool contains a plant that doubles in size each day.  How many days does it take for the plant to fill the pool?"  (If you take more than three seconds on this one you flunk)

 

>…Or - three men take three days to dig a hole - how many days does it take them to dig half a hole? (5 seconds max)  scroll for answers:

 

 

 

 

 

>…29 days - many just blurt out 15 - none of you, certainly…

 

Professor, as stated, the question is indeterminant.

 

 

 

You can't dig half a hole (setup did not say a hole half the size of the first one - can't assume that)

 

bill w

 

Well let’s think that thru a bit.  There is a reasonable protocol which would suggest the term hole means something that goes thru, like the hole needed to mount a door knob.  If it is a 10 cm in thickness, one might suppose a hole 5 cm in depth would qualify has half a hole.

 

spike

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