Einsteins Riddle

[Smithy]

So its the [German] who keeps the fish, right?

A bit like sudoku.

 

[D.P.]

Is this some lost evidence for Einstein making a time machine and going back in tiem to deliver this logic crap before he was born?

Besides which would probabably have to be within the bottom 2% not to be able to solve it

 

[One More Solo]

as just been said one that isnt just logical systematic ways of finding an answer. It should be more abstract than drawing a table n stuff, it should require your mind and nothing else(no paper, pens etc)

So it's not a pointless riddle, you're just saying it's not a riddle.

 

[D.P.]

So it's not a pointless riddle, you're just saying it's not a riddle.

Its pointless because it requires no skill to solve, requires no thinking, no knowledge, no intelligence. It is also very boring. And it indicates nothing.

So in that sense it pointless, and also not a riddle.

 

[sarutobi]

Its pointless because it requires no skill to solve, requires no thinking, no knowledge, no intelligence. It is also very boring. And it indicates nothing.

So in that sense it pointless, and also not a riddle.

 

[cymatty]

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Alternative Solution

Some people conjecture that the intention of the puzzle is to break past the assumptions that are naturally garnered from a question. If the questions asks "Who owns the Zebra?", then many (98% maybe) assume that somebody must therefore own a zebra. But there is no proof that anybody actually owns a Zebra.

That was my initial thought, I am therefore a Genius.

 

[One More Solo]

Its pointless because it requires no skill to solve, requires no thinking, no knowledge, no intelligence. It is also very boring. And it indicates nothing.

So in that sense it pointless, and also not a riddle.

I sort of see your point, but it obviously does require some thinking and skill (but granted, no knowledge) to solve, and whether it is boring or not is a personal matter. I found it entertaining enough to spend 5 minutes doing it.

 

[Haircut]

Here's another one that's fairly similar but possibly a little more tricky.
And trust me, you do have enough information.


On a train, Smith, Robinson, and Jones are the fireman, brakeman, and the engineer, but NOT respectively. Also aboard the train are three businessmen who have the same names: a Mr. Smith, a Mr. Robinson, and a Mr. Jones.

Mr. Robinson Lives in Detroit.

The brakeman lives exactly halfway between Chicago and Detroit

Mr. Jones earns exactly $20,000 per year.

The brakeman's nearest neighbor, one of the passengers, earns exactly three times as much as the brakeman.

Smith beats the fireman in billiards.

The passenger whose name is the same as the brakeman's lives in Chicago.

Who is the Engineer?

 

[D.P.]

I sort of see your point, but it obviously does require some thinking and skill (but granted, no knowledge) to solve, and whether it is boring or not is a personal matter. I found it entertaining enough to spend 5 minutes doing it.

fair enough.

I get annoyed at people who spend 20mins each morning doing the whole Sudoku thing and climaing how it makes them so intelligent... No intelligence is required, a basic algortihm solves it. a ~Dozen lines of Prolog works.... http://user.it.uu.se/~justin/sudoku.pl

Its not sign of intelligence, its a sign that you have too much time on your hands! I spent 15 minutes making a basic prolo program, I just feed in the table and get the answer. Thats the intelligent solution, non of this fiddle around wwith pen and paper and work it out in your head

 

[meghatronic]

Well... I tried to do it thinking "bah.... I don't need no hints"... hmm.... folish one am I.

 

[Brizzles]

Mr smith is the engineer

Logic puzzles are something you hate or it's a challenge.