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04/14/2005 10:58:03 PM · #26 |
| I almost dislike you for starting this post. I may never sleep again ---this will drive me cRaZy!!! |
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04/14/2005 11:00:06 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by lentil:
does that mean i am really smart cause i am still not getting it :) |
Make sure you point out that part about it taking longer for the smarter people to your hubby.
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04/14/2005 11:00:47 PM · #28 |
Originally posted by coolhar:
Originally posted by lentil:
does that mean i am really smart cause i am still not getting it :) |
Make sure you point out that part about it taking longer for the smarter people to your hubby. |
will do ;)
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04/14/2005 11:01:35 PM · #29 |
It took me a long time to figure it out, since I was.. as usual.. trying to make it much more complicated than it was. It's easy to completely miss it because it's so easy... not the figuring out of it necessarily, but the trick of it.
Ugh.
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04/14/2005 11:01:57 PM · #30 |
Originally posted by Beetle:
Now I'm sulking.... I was so pleased with myself that I had figured it out on the second roll of the dice when I first heard about the game a few weeks ago.
Just now, I read this line:"It had taken Dr. Duke well over a year himself, and he would always explain that the smarter you were, the longer it took to figure it out"
Gggrrrrr |
I think this is rather more a product of "abstract thinking" compared to "concrete thinking".. The abstract thinker.. which are people more into the arts, philosophy, music, creativity.. et al.. are generally more apt to see the solution faster than are people who are more concrete thinkers.. which are your mathemeticians, scientists, teachers, et al..
The first group has a tendency to think along more creative and abstract lines, thus "seeing" the problem.. the second group tends to be analytical, literal, linear, and problematical.. which can lead to more of a tunnel-vision approach, limiting the views of the problem and leading down a more frustrating path. Concrete thinkers, do, however, tend to be viewed as more intelligent on the whole.
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04/14/2005 11:03:26 PM · #31 |
i'll just add that my 13 yr old son got it first go. Now i feel completely stupid ;)
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04/14/2005 11:06:18 PM · #32 |
I couldn't get it at first, so I went and watched ER. All that medical talk must've made me smarter, cuz I came back and got it right away. It's all about the name of the game. |
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04/14/2005 11:06:32 PM · #33 |
Originally posted by Artyste:
Concrete thinkers, do, however, tend to be viewed as more intelligent on the whole. |
You haven't seen the road crews around here have you?
When the signs say Slow Men Working, there is no pause between Slow & Men.
Those concrete guys are - oh - Nevermind....(in my best Emily Latilla voice)
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04/14/2005 11:06:51 PM · #34 |
Originally posted by BradP:
Originally posted by Artyste:
Concrete thinkers, do, however, tend to be viewed as more intelligent on the whole. |
You haven't seen the road crews around here have you?
When the signs say Slow Men Working, there is no pause between Slow & Men.
Those concrete guys are - oh - Nevermind....(in my best Emily Latilla voice) |
lol
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04/14/2005 11:07:14 PM · #35 |
Originally posted by kdkaboom:
I couldn't get it at first, so I went and watched ER. All that medical talk must've made me smarter, cuz I came back and got it right away. It's all about the name of the game. |
As was pointed out - the name of the challenge is a central clue |
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04/14/2005 11:09:46 PM · #36 |
Originally posted by Artyste:
I think this is rather more a product of "abstract thinking" compared to "concrete thinking".. The abstract thinker.. which are people more into the arts, philosophy, music, creativity.. et al.. are generally more apt to see the solution faster than are people who are more concrete thinkers.. which are your mathemeticians, scientists, teachers, et al..
The first group has a tendency to think along more creative and abstract lines, thus "seeing" the problem.. the second group tends to be analytical, literal, linear, and problematical.. which can lead to more of a tunnel-vision approach, limiting the views of the problem and leading down a more frustrating path. Concrete thinkers, do, however, tend to be viewed as more intelligent on the whole. |
I don't necessarily think that's true. I'm far from being mathematical or scientific (though I would certainly not classify myself as being an abstract thinker) and it took me ages to figure the riddle out - partly because the description led me to believe it WAS mathematical and I expected it to be complicated.
That said, I wouldn't say anyone who takes longer is smarter than someone who gets it quickly. It's just a matter of looking at things from a different perspective and/or processing what you're seeing differently. |
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04/14/2005 11:12:49 PM · #37 |
Originally posted by mocabela:
Originally posted by Artyste:
I think this is rather more a product of "abstract thinking" compared to "concrete thinking".. The abstract thinker.. which are people more into the arts, philosophy, music, creativity.. et al.. are generally more apt to see the solution faster than are people who are more concrete thinkers.. which are your mathemeticians, scientists, teachers, et al..
The first group has a tendency to think along more creative and abstract lines, thus "seeing" the problem.. the second group tends to be analytical, literal, linear, and problematical.. which can lead to more of a tunnel-vision approach, limiting the views of the problem and leading down a more frustrating path. Concrete thinkers, do, however, tend to be viewed as more intelligent on the whole. |
I don't necessarily think that's true. I'm far from being mathematical or scientific (though I would certainly not classify myself as being an abstract thinker) and it took me ages to figure the riddle out - partly because the description led me to believe it WAS mathematical and I expected it to be complicated.
That said, I wouldn't say anyone who takes longer is smarter than someone who gets it quickly. It's just a matter of looking at things from a different perspective and/or processing what you're seeing differently. |
Oh.. I wasn't suggesting *anyone* was smarter or not for being able to get it or not.. I was just adding some thoughts onto the original statement from Dr. Duke about it.. and my philosophy on why he'd say that ;)
Message edited by author 2005-04-14 23:13:11.
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04/14/2005 11:21:08 PM · #38 |
OH man I spent a good while on that one. I called my girlfriend over, and as I was explaining it to her...I got it.
So then I just kept picking the right answer and she was really mad at me then...so I had to tell her how to do it too.
Great game though!
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04/15/2005 12:01:57 AM · #39 |
| Finally we got it here, it's not as fun once you've cracked it, but it's fun watching others try. :-) |
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04/15/2005 12:14:09 AM · #40 |
| woohoo...got it! took me 2 rolls. :) |
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04/15/2005 12:22:59 AM · #41 |
Originally posted by lentil:
i cant get this for the life of me.!!! My husband got it and wont tell me how he did it.
petals around the rose |
Here, try this game to take your mind off it... |
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04/15/2005 12:31:00 AM · #42 |
| I learnt it a few years ago, but had completely forgotten about it - but I recalled the name when I saw it. |
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04/15/2005 12:34:32 AM · #43 |
| it took me about 10 rolls to get it and im glad it did take too long because it is stupid stuff like this that will keep me up all night. |
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04/15/2005 12:37:58 AM · #44 |
Originally posted by NathanW:
Originally posted by lentil:
i cant get this for the life of me.!!! My husband got it and wont tell me how he did it.
petals around the rose |
Here, try this game to take your mind off it... |
i ROCK at that Tetris game! LOL! :) |
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04/15/2005 12:41:22 AM · #45 |
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04/15/2005 01:04:20 AM · #46 |
Finally! That took too stinking long!
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04/15/2005 01:14:06 AM · #47 |
Originally posted by dsidwell:
Finally! That took too stinking long! |
LOL - I tried a few times, tried too hard in fact and got frustrated and quit. Went back in a different mood, and poof!
Tough having an addictive personality... |
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04/15/2005 01:18:30 AM · #48 |
First one of these bloody games I got right off. Lentil, it helps if you have just downed a brew.
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04/15/2005 01:19:57 AM · #49 |
Originally posted by canoe3k:
First one of these bloody games I got right off. Lentil, it helps if you have just downed a brew. |
sorry not into brew, its alright i understand it now :)
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04/15/2005 02:00:48 AM · #50 |
Add the numbers on the dice, subtract the addition of the digits of your birth year, now divide by the megapixels of your camera (rounding up).
That should help. |
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