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The trickier variant of the Stock Puzzle where the solution doesn't just require the application of logic and reasoning but the ability to think of things in another way. Frequently they are presented to appear like a difficult regular puzzle, but with a trick solution that is simple but not obvious. Can sometimes be frustrating as it is often perfectly possible to construct a solution that explains all the presented facts in an unconnected way, but isn't the "right" answer that explains things by tying everything together. These puzzles often may depend on semantics, cognitive theories, wordplay, and cultural codes and cues such as when (or when not to) take spoken words literally. As a result, such puzzles are not effectively translated into other languages. Nor are they universally considered fair measures of IQ or intelligence in general (except by 2000s-era job interviewers). In fiction, they can be life or death questions. Such puzzles are also often subject to Rule Zero. In such cases, no other interpretation of the solution is acceptable than the specific one that is enforced, even in cases where alternate solutions are shown to make sense or when the enforced solution has been proven to be flawed or biased. As there are entire websites dedicated to building collections of lateral thinking puzzles, please limit examples to puzzles that have been featured in the media (somewhere other than puzzle books). St. Ives Puzzle As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Each of the wives had seven sacks, Each of the sacks had seven cats, Each of the cats had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks and wives, How many were going to St. Ives? Solution: One: you are, everyone else is going the other way. For those interested, there is 1 man, 7 wives, 49 sacks, 343 Cats and 2401 kits, making a total of 2801 going away from St. Ives (2800, not counting the man). Some versions add "Each of the kits have 7 mitts" which would be an extra 16807 mitts for a total of 19608. Depending on the wording, this can be something of a cheat, as it's never specified what direction the others were going, if any. There are several other possible objections about the wording, but those are left as an exercise for the reader. |
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