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Posted in Life & Happiness

Feynman Problem Solving Algorithm

Posted on by Jinavie

Richard Feynman is a world-renowned genius physicist, famous for his ability of solving some of the most difficult problems in physics. He said that his intelligence was all thanks to his unique yet “normal” problem solving method, which he used to solve most of his problems. Here is the algorithm:

    1.  Write down the problem.
    2.  Think very deeply.
    3.  Write down the answer.

If that does not yield the answer:

    4.  Sleep.
    5.  Wake up, then think deeply again.
    6.  Write down the answer.

Nothing is impossible.

Posted in History & Literature

Logic

Posted on by Jinavie

The following logic problem was set by Einstein, who said that 98% of the world would not be able to solve it.

  • There are five houses of five different colours.
  • In each house lives a person with a special nationality.
  • The five owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain
  • brand of cigars, and keep a certain pet.
  • No owner has the same pet, smokes the same cigar, or drinks the same beverage.

The question is: Who owns the fish?

Hints:

  1. The Brit lives in the red house.
  2. The Mexican keeps dogs as pets.
  3. The Chinese drinks tea.
  4. The green house is on the left of the white house.
  5. The green house’s owner drinks coffee.
  6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
  7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhills.
  8. The man in the centre house drinks milk.
  9. The American lives in the first house.
  10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
  11. The man who keeps a horse lives next to the man who smokes Dunhills.
  12. The owner who smokes Bluemasters drinks beer.
  13. The German smokes Prince.
  14. The American lives next to the blue house.
  15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbour who drinks water.