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Comment by mitthrowaway2

4 hours ago

> Human intelligence doesn't get confused like that.

We do; this is the premise of many children's riddle-games, like the one that goes:

"What is white and rhymes with silk? > Milk. What is cheese made from? > Milk. > What do cows drink?"

At which point the riddle-guesser is very likely to answer "milk" even though the correct answer is "water".

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recursive  4 hours ago

I take issue with your "correct" answer.

Q: Why do cows produce milk?

A: Because calves (baby cows) drink it.

  • ben_w  2 hours ago

    May I suggest the one common in my childhood playgrounds as an alternative?

      How do you escape from a perfectly sealed room with a table in it?

  You run around the table until your legs are sore, use the saw to cut the table into two, two halves make a whole, you escape through the hole.

  • mitthrowaway2  4 hours ago

    Yep, if the riddle asked "what do calves drink", then "milk" would definitely have been the correct answer.

    • recursive  1 hour ago

      Obviously. My point is that it's already not all that unreasonable, which you notably didn't address.