My cosmology friend and I were watching an episode of NOVA called "The Fabric of the Cosmos" hosted by Brian Greene.
I asked if he could further explain the reference to the "fabric of the cosmos".
He said,
"Space-time has a geometry much like a piece of fabric.
Picture our universe being...
The good thing about the internet is that you can't really offend someone unless you actually know who you are talking to.
"Games Magazine" has a section called "Eureka" for "better, more elegant, or more complete solutions." In "Scientific American" Martin Gardner would occasionally present...
The problem is not in error.
Your interpretations offered no alternatives to a problem which had a solution.
It would be creative to find a heretofore unknown solution within the box.
I limited my scope of assessment to the limited scope of your analysis.
My point was merely...
A tutor who tooted the flute
Tried to teach two young tutors 'toot toot.'
Said Toothie the tutor,
"Is it harder to toot or
To tutor two tutors 'toot toot'"?
It seems here that "picking apart word problems" is the opposite of "finding creative solutions."
Anyway, you note that regular people don't offer rebuttals, so you exempt yourself from that group. And you didn't offer a solution so you exempt yourself from the group of creative problem...
The problem is "sufficiently clear" but "unsolvable"? If you understand how to read puzzles then it is not ambiguous. There is no such thing as a puzzle which cannot be quibbled into complete incoherence. Using straightforward common sense and logic this problem leads to a single answer, which...
Even in mathematics it is not possible to be as explicit as your rebuttal requires. Even mathematicians presume an understanding that everyone in the discussion is speaking the same language and using the same grammar and dictionary to do so.
When I asked my Granama Margana questions she always answered with an anagram of "Nebraska."
What is the worst meal for 40 days and nights at sea?
Where do ear lobes draw the greatest interest?
What happened to the skinny dipper that got a cramp?
How does a city...
A Brief Conversation Overheard on a Side Street in Bedlam's Bazaar:
Apprentice: My Puzzlemaster needs an anagram for the phrase "Iowa Hawkeyes".
Wishmaster: What do you have to barter with for such a noble petition?
Apprentice: For your wicked amusement...