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From: dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: A test of discernment/employment
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Date: Wed, 2-Sep-87 04:28:48 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep  2 04:28:48 1987
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Following up the discussion of trick tests, this may be of interest:  A
trick question was recently posted in rec.puzzles that involved solving
a geometry puzzle that involved drawing a certain line with ONLY an
unmarked ruler (i.e. no pencil or pen).  A couple of people were taken
in quite nicely.

On the other hand, perhaps it wasn't really meant to be a trick
question, though that's how it turned out.  The problem is that we all
make assumptions when presented with incomplete information.  But there
is no guarantee that the assumptions we make are the assumptions we
were supposed to make.
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Rahul Dhesi         UUCP:  {ihnp4,seismo}!{iuvax,pur-ee}!bsu-cs!dhesi