The smarter you are, the harder this is
 

It is said that the smarter a person is, the more difficulty they have in solving this puzzle. I don't know how much truth there is in that, but it took me about 30 minutes. Dr. Richard Duke at the University of Michigan, who uses this puzzle as a demonstration in his gaming/simulation courses, took more than a year to figure it out initially. Some people solve it in mere seconds.

The page has all the information you need to solve the puzzle. Don't spoil the answer for everybody else if you figure it out. Have fun!

Okay...so that took about 5 minutes for me to figure out...hmmm...

OK, I must be an imbecile worthy of sterilizing (I told ya'll I had minor neurological damage!). I figured it out on the 3rd try and the first one didn't count cuz I just automatically put down the botanically correct number without looking at anything else.

Damn, I must be brilliant...I can't seem to figure it out. This is annoying, but addictive. I'm not sure whether to thank you or not.... Every time I think I've figured it out and I get the number right, it ends up that the way I got the number right was wrong....


;)


Sidhe

21 minutes

my cat got it right the first time (he likes to play with the keyboard while I type). Lady Sid's post made me realize that my earlier answer might have been dumb luck, and sure enough, it was. I guess there's hope for me after all. As to my cat, he's just a dumb animal, what else can Isay?

Took me about eight tries. And I ain't dumb.

Looks like an interesting test of left/right brain capability, coordination, and balance.

About 2 seconds. Most of it spent hunting for the numbers on the keyboard.

When I first was introduced to this puzzle (in 1977, I believe) it took me about 15 minutes.

Well I cant figure it out

Third try.:)

I seem to have a mental block with anything to do with numbers.....I suck

The :blunt: interferes with logical reasoning.

i beg to differ

arrrrrghhhhhh


-sm

god that just about caused me to pop a blood vessel, 15 minutes and 3 pieces of paper covered in models. THe problem is you need to really step back and just mull on the name for a minute.

Coders etc I think have the most hell with this.