What is Digg?Sponsored by Dragon Age: Origins
Join the Dragon Age: Origins development team on Facebook view!
facebook.com/DragonAgeOrigins - EA presents BioWare's new dark fantasy epic Dragon Age: Origins. '9/10' from Game Informer.
88 Comments
- osrevad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Although this is an interesting riddle, Einstien did not write it. It also isn't true that only 20% of the worlds population can solve this. It just takes time.
- lazlonger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2well aren't you a pompous little tike.....
- dgh1973, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Pretty good, I had to actually draw it out and follow the logic, sometimes inserting "test" cases to see if the logic panned out.
- ocanica, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1finally,got in in 20min :)
- 1ivewire, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I used to love doing these things as a kid. My strategy is just to make a 5x5 grid for every single combination of two traits. So like one grid for Nationality x Cigarette Brand, one grid for Nationality x Pet, etc. Then I just draw the X's and O's where combinations are impossible or certain. It's fairly simple but fun to see how much information can be gathered from just the few short statements.
- phenopticon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1He's right though, 98% of the world's population will be quite inable to solve it. Considering 98% of the world's population likely lives under the sea.
- kiyoshi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i think the 2% part was right, because when he originally wrote it people were not into mathematics and solving things, they just wanted to finish a days work and not waste time.
- aheram, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1
I guessed "German" because I was thinking of who would be less likely to eat fish. >_> - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1yellow, blue, red, green, white
norweg, dane, brit, german, swede
water, tea, milk, coffee, beer
dunhill, blends, pall mall, prince, blue m.
cats, horses, birds, *fish!*, dogs - 404notfound, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1With all the talk about the 98% and such, I'm surprised nobody has referred to the Wikipedia entry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein%27s_Puzzle
Einstein most likely did not say anything about 98% of people not being able to get it. And while writing out a careful list of the steps I took to solve it (yes, I was THAT bored), there is actually a very critical difference between the original list of hints and the one in this digg regarding the placement of the houses (it's easy enough to account for the difference between, say, Swede and Ukrainian). The "real" version is a little bit harder, requiring some more parallel processing to solve. I won't explain what the exact problem is (it would probably take too long anyway), but the discrepancy in the green and white/ivory house placement makes a difference in how long you need to wait before identifying the order of the houses. - complexigon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Damnit, I thought I solved it, but I was doing it so that the houses were on opposite sides of the street ie. 1,3,5 on one side and 2,4 on the other.
It should stipulate a linear housing arrangement, such as a street with one side for housing... :( - Shots, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1" It would be difficult if you had to do it in your head"
I would be very impressed if i could find somebody who can do this in their head. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Its not whether you can solve it or not, its how long it takes you.
- osrevad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1And it is also not true that Einstien was alive in the early 19th century.
- trogdoor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Not too hard but I have seen many of these before so I am not sure if I would have come up with the spreadsheet idea on my own (In the ones I have seen there is a spreadsheet provided) fun, dugg.
- x3n1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Thanks for the post, I enjoyed seeing this for the first time and had much satisfaction in solving it
Dugg. - Copa708, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0ok seriously, this riddle is a very good riddle, and i know EVERYONE can solve it, but not everyone wants to. they attempt it, and they get impatient and they can't do it. yes if someone could do it in their head, that would be impressive, so try and do that before doing it with paper and see how far you get. Einstein was a genius and back then, everyone wasn't. all you digg folks out there are probably smart though considering you read digg, i mean it's a very knowledgeable source to read every day. but think that there are billions more that would eventually give up doing this. what about time? take that into consideration, i did this riddle in 20 minutes. i started doing it w/o paper coz i really didn't know what it was. so i decided to draw it, i actually drew houses and highlighted the ones that could or could not have something in the hint. and btw aheram, i don't see your logic in your guess? just b/c a person owns a fish doesn't mean he or she won't eat fish... i had a fish, doesn't mean i won't visit captain D's every now and then. i can still see that only 2% of the world's (human) population would end up solving this, although everyone is capable of doing so.
- jessecrouch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0read before you comment >.>
- michaelburns, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0this is actually my favorite riddle, ran across is last year and figured it out... loved it :-)
- Kim6116, on 08/11/2009, -0/+0Ok so i did it .... i wont lie and say i solved it in 20 minutes - it seriously took me 6 hours and i woke up last night thinking did i tick that box .... i am not dumb by any means - but i would never put myself in the top 2% so my verdict is ... this puzzle can drive you crazy if you have the urge to solve something and not let it beat you - but whether it takes you 20 mins or 20 days - its solveable - the 2% that solve it are - in my opinion - the ones who hang in there - not necessarily the smartest (me!) but the determined ones
- awesinine, on 07/15/2009, -0/+0@uriah: lol, I don't have anything against your post! I have everything against your ignorant claim that because your IQ is s 138 (which is in the 98th percentile), and because YOU were able to solve the riddle, that in some way supports the 2% theory. That is absolute pure *****, and if you really have an IQ of 138 then the IQ test you took must be on a HEAVILY MODIFIED curve with ALL KINDS of extra credit!
you DID imply authority. You did so with your original claim. You claimed truth for the statement "only 2% of the population can solve this puzzle," and you claimed that based solely off your IQ. But you're right, I inferred the superiority part. And that's clearly WAY off base seeing as how the claim that only 2% of the population can do this problem doesn't in any way imply or infer any type of "intellectual superiority". The superiority part isn't even something that bothers me; it's the snobbishness associated with it.
By the way, that was a great way to end your last post; it speaks volumes for your 100 (base) + 10 (dollar donation) + 28 (friends grading papers) IQ to make a snap judgement that infers the type of person I am off of a single post. It's especially great when the meat of your reply is meant to reprimand me for what you deem as incorrect inference. Way to go 138! - blah888, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Come on this has got to be too easy - kinda dissapointed actually; this is how I did it:
- write all the clues in an easy format, e.g. Red - Brit, Swede - Dog
- you find out quite easily that the green house has to be the fourth house, and the white house to be the last
- then fit everything else - bonsaigiant, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I used this in my AI class...I tried to build something that could solve the puzzle. Turned out to be a lot harder than solving the thing by hand (which I'd done a few months before), which I guess doesn't say much for my AI skills. I had to present my findings to the class, and it amounted to "I tried, and failed." My prof. loved it. Go figure.
- fkuall, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@phenopticon
dont you think people would have to be _smarter_ to live under the sea? - Wildthing, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I dunno about 98%...I don't consider myself the brightest apple in the bunch and I solved it using notepad to keep track of my progress. Is writing stuff down allowed? Because if not, I wouldn't have been able to solve it.
- goosedotnu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Didn't everybody do these in high school geometry?
- PhantomBantam, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Easy with a truth table.
- bryanpcola, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0something to remember is that using truth tables and the like to solve logic problems were unknown to a large majority of the population back then. Now such a process is much more common, and as such most people will be able to work themselves through it, given enough time.
- kiyoshi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0duplicate...solved this over the summer:(
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0..20th century, you mean?
- fa_pa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm sure that you can solve this in your head it just takes way more time than by solving it on a piece of paper
- jessecrouch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0hm. yes i suppose i do mean 20th century. heh :/ i just copied what they had on the page.. WHOOPS
- Tobey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1This is too easy. Obviously 98% of people were idiots back then. :)
- SiouxsieQ, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I guessed "German" because I was thinking of who would be less likely to eat fish. >_>
My kind of answer. I hate riddles. I guess I'm just way too right-brained. :-) - vipinsagar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+02 or 98 ?
Oho…then I should have a try on this brain**ck.
Hey…people do ya wanna try this out by yourself… go ahead, really impressive when
ya see yourself on the 2% and I did it.
....and for the 98%; here is the methodology I have taken.
0. I took a piece of paper and a pencil.
then I did mark a heading " nation drink color pet fag "later I know it’s wrong move when I read "The man living in the center house drinks milk"
so as easy I jot down…here it is
http://vipinsagar.be/2006/03/01/einsteins-riddle.html - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Ok.. only 2% of the world can solve logic puzzles? I buy these from Dell Games on a monthly basis. Come on....
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0hey koolaid!
- foxhoundadmin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0unknown1987, i wouldn't doubt if he didn't say "that 2% *****," as you put it, and, if he did, he probably meant only 2% of the --human-- population could do this--in their head.
- awesinine, on 07/15/2009, -0/+0anyone can solve this with paper and pencil; anyone on here claiming they did it in their head is a liar.
- foxhoundadmin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0good thinkin' phenopticon! ;)
- awesinine, on 07/15/2009, -0/+0I really hate it when people post this crap because it always brings out the IQ snobs who think advertising their IQ gives them any sort of superiority or authority over a problem like this. In my experience, the people who really have a high IQ are humble about it; the people who flaunt inflated integers are really just insecure, snobbish, and rude. Quit lying about your IQ, quit trying to put people below you on some ridiculous and inaccurate measurement of intelligence, and just enjoy the ***** puzzle for the shear fact that it is cool!
- Uriah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0To: piisexactly3
So you really didn't like my post then. I was just referring to the 2% idea. In no way did I imply it gave me any superiority/authority, you inferred that. Your post has said a lot about you. - AT0MIC, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Warning! You are using an evil browser that does not comply to web standards and is known to have numerous serious vulnerabilities. This site adheres to w3c standards. To view this site as it should be, do yourself a favor and trash Microsoft's Internet Explorer for a much safer and featureful alternative from Opera.com or Mozilla.org.
I was owned. - KyleGoetz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@Dwatch: You say that the 5 pets are not listed: yes they are. Within the clues, the four pets listed are dog, bird, cat, horse.
ALSO (and here's where the genius comes in!), the question is, "Who owns the fish?" Thus, with a little bit of insight, you can conclude that the fifth animal is a fish! (note my sarcasm, please)
Dog, Bird, Cat, Horse, Fish. I am sarcastic because I, too, thought the same thing. I felt like an idiot when I realized the fifth was the fish. Thus, I wish to pass my embarrassment onto someone else ;) - LucidParody, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0if you like these types of riddles, you should take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). 1/4 of the test are games like these...except some are a little more difficult. ;-)
- KyleGoetz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The LSAT questions are different from this -- they require more insight and less drudge work. The LSAT has a section called Games, and you have 4 games similar to this. However, you only receive a partial clue set, and the questions that follow are those such as "assuming X, then what is a possible solution", "assuming Y, what cannot be true", "which of the following sets of clues is sufficient to solve the game", etc. I consider the LSAT puzzles much more adequate for measuring intelligence. This puzzle is for those who want to just work drudgingly for 30 minutes.
- bigboy101011, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0got it completly right
- otomiko2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I recommend that you attempt to do it in your head even if it is difficult. It's a great mental exercise and should definitely possible for most people with time. Just picture a street with 5 houses in your mind and work from there refering back to the questions as needed.
- skez, on 10/12/2007, -0/+02% are too stupid to do it
98% could solve it
90% are too lazy to take the time to solve it - hollowmedia, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I am teh genyus!
-
Show 51 - 88 of 88 discussions
© Digg Inc. 2009
— Content created and posted by Digg users is