Website Wednesday
Anyone who reads this blog knows that I love logical thinking. Logic, logic, logic. Mr. Spock all the way. Every Jelly Belly I see, even batch of popcorn I smell freshly batched - immediately my brain kicks in with: No, no. You understand that the instant pure, exhilarating pleasure you will receive as these morsels pass your lips will be short lived. You understand the consequences which you will wear on your thighs for months are not worth the instant gratification. You are logical.
Yeah, right! So I “sin.” I know what I should be doing but it’s so damn much fun not to. You know: The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
But there is a lot to logic. The U.S. would not have close to 70% of our GNP based on consumer purchases if we thought and bought logically. We probably wouldn't have entered into another foreign debacle in Afghanistan now if we had ever thought logically about Vietnam and the two Iraqi invasions.
Logic can be learned. Google “Online Logic Courses Free” and you’ll get an assortment of hits including MIT’s free online university. (Note: MIT was one of the first free online universities. In the beginning, I felt their professors came kicking and screaming into this concept. Other online universities were more generous, including Yale’s excellent poetry course online. Things may have changed with MIT.)
These courses may be mind-blowing or soporific, you can find out. However, for logic fun and logic learning, check out my Website Wednesday:
http://www.puzzlersparadise.com/page1034.html
Here you will find the classic logic puzzlers like: John, Bill, Harry, and Dave had four cars - white, green, red, blue and were married to Mabel, Kiki....... You know the drill. Through logical deduction you have to figure out who owns what, who goes with whom.
Penny Press puts out logic puzzlers in magazine form but this online site is state-of-the art interactive.
There is a page scroll bar and there’s a clues scroll bar. You can clear the grid and the answer table anytime. There are links to How to Play and Solving Tips. Your first click in the answer grid gives you an “X” to eliminate that choice, your second click gives you a red dot to show a correct connection and a third click brings you back to the blank square so you can start again. Who could ask for an easier puzzle?
Truth be told, as the answer grid gets filled it becomes obvious that what's left is the correct choice so it can become more rote than logic. However, there are always some simple logical conclusions you must draw with every puzzle like the clue “A woman owns the cat.” which allows you to eliminate all the male names (and no, they don’t trip you up with androgynous names.) It also helps your logical thinking if you review the written clues make sure they match your choices.
I haven’t come across any of the mind boggling clues online as I have in the magazines. There, I have never been able to decipher the clues which read “If Bob is not going, he can’t see the movie.......” Double negatives in multiple clues for the same logic puzzle have never been my strong suit. Online, my biggest hurdle is when multiple people do something at the same hour or live on the same floor, or are all in the same grade. That can get tricky.
As I’m writing this, I’m also at the site and doing the latest puzzle: Miniature Golf. The first clue illustrates the whole concept: Steven, whose last name wasn’t Rich, was under par for the course. Mr. West got his hole-in-one at hole 9. From that we can eliminate Steven as being Mr. Rich. We know he is under par (par is 42.) We know something about Mr. West (West = Hole 9) but we don't know that Steven isn’t Mr. West. All we know is that Steven isn’t Mr. Rich. Other clues will have to give us his last name. Also, both Steven and Mr. Rich could be under par since there are two golfers under par.
You can do a lot of thinking for many of these puzzles; I guess you could call them verbal sudoko.
If these logical puzzles put you into a brain freeze, go to the main page:
http://www.puzzles.com/
for a great assortment of different puzzles. Some, unfortunately are not interactive.
Gotta go. I’m working on Miniature Golf and I’ve filled in all the right answers just based on the written clues. Now, I have to start thinking logically full time.
Anyone who reads this blog knows that I love logical thinking. Logic, logic, logic. Mr. Spock all the way. Every Jelly Belly I see, even batch of popcorn I smell freshly batched - immediately my brain kicks in with: No, no. You understand that the instant pure, exhilarating pleasure you will receive as these morsels pass your lips will be short lived. You understand the consequences which you will wear on your thighs for months are not worth the instant gratification. You are logical.
Yeah, right! So I “sin.” I know what I should be doing but it’s so damn much fun not to. You know: The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
But there is a lot to logic. The U.S. would not have close to 70% of our GNP based on consumer purchases if we thought and bought logically. We probably wouldn't have entered into another foreign debacle in Afghanistan now if we had ever thought logically about Vietnam and the two Iraqi invasions.
Logic can be learned. Google “Online Logic Courses Free” and you’ll get an assortment of hits including MIT’s free online university. (Note: MIT was one of the first free online universities. In the beginning, I felt their professors came kicking and screaming into this concept. Other online universities were more generous, including Yale’s excellent poetry course online. Things may have changed with MIT.)
These courses may be mind-blowing or soporific, you can find out. However, for logic fun and logic learning, check out my Website Wednesday:
http://www.puzzlersparadise.com/page1034.html
Here you will find the classic logic puzzlers like: John, Bill, Harry, and Dave had four cars - white, green, red, blue and were married to Mabel, Kiki....... You know the drill. Through logical deduction you have to figure out who owns what, who goes with whom.
Penny Press puts out logic puzzlers in magazine form but this online site is state-of-the art interactive.
There is a page scroll bar and there’s a clues scroll bar. You can clear the grid and the answer table anytime. There are links to How to Play and Solving Tips. Your first click in the answer grid gives you an “X” to eliminate that choice, your second click gives you a red dot to show a correct connection and a third click brings you back to the blank square so you can start again. Who could ask for an easier puzzle?
Truth be told, as the answer grid gets filled it becomes obvious that what's left is the correct choice so it can become more rote than logic. However, there are always some simple logical conclusions you must draw with every puzzle like the clue “A woman owns the cat.” which allows you to eliminate all the male names (and no, they don’t trip you up with androgynous names.) It also helps your logical thinking if you review the written clues make sure they match your choices.
I haven’t come across any of the mind boggling clues online as I have in the magazines. There, I have never been able to decipher the clues which read “If Bob is not going, he can’t see the movie.......” Double negatives in multiple clues for the same logic puzzle have never been my strong suit. Online, my biggest hurdle is when multiple people do something at the same hour or live on the same floor, or are all in the same grade. That can get tricky.
As I’m writing this, I’m also at the site and doing the latest puzzle: Miniature Golf. The first clue illustrates the whole concept: Steven, whose last name wasn’t Rich, was under par for the course. Mr. West got his hole-in-one at hole 9. From that we can eliminate Steven as being Mr. Rich. We know he is under par (par is 42.) We know something about Mr. West (West = Hole 9) but we don't know that Steven isn’t Mr. West. All we know is that Steven isn’t Mr. Rich. Other clues will have to give us his last name. Also, both Steven and Mr. Rich could be under par since there are two golfers under par.
You can do a lot of thinking for many of these puzzles; I guess you could call them verbal sudoko.
If these logical puzzles put you into a brain freeze, go to the main page:
http://www.puzzles.com/
for a great assortment of different puzzles. Some, unfortunately are not interactive.
Gotta go. I’m working on Miniature Golf and I’ve filled in all the right answers just based on the written clues. Now, I have to start thinking logically full time.
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