Re: [math-fun] Chocolate bar puzzle
This passage << (It'd be fun to make a whole collection of problems that smart and/or knowledgeable people tend to do poorly on: an anti-intelligence or anti-aptitude test if you will.)
was erroneously attributed to me. (Possibly because in the previous post where it appeared, it was hard to tell who wrote it.) In general I think we in math-fun could be a little clearer about whose passage we're quoting. Also on this subject, I think many posts would be easier to read if they contained quoted material *only* to the extent that it is relevant to what's being posted. --Dan _____________________________________________________________________ "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that certain je ne sais quoi." --Peter Schickele
On Saturday 28 February 2009, Dan Asimov wrote:
This passage
<< (It'd be fun to make a whole collection of problems that smart and/or knowledgeable people tend to do poorly on: an anti-intelligence or anti-aptitude test if you will.)
was erroneously attributed to me. (Possibly because in the previous post where it appeared, it was hard to tell who wrote it.)
It was I who made that mistake. Oops. Sorry, Dan; and sorry, Jim Propp (who actually made the suggestion). -- g
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