The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong

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The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong
Philligan in rainbows User ID: 72579378 United States 09/22/2016 03:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong Pray for Us Sinners Now and at the Hour of our Death

stillhere User ID: 72031485 United States 09/22/2016 03:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong Interesting-- "You can bend it and twist it... You can misuse and abuse it... But even God cannot change the Truth.” Michael Levy
Philligan (OP) in rainbows User ID: 66209577 United States 09/23/2016 08:15 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong Pray for Us Sinners Now and at the Hour of our Death
4thhorseman User ID: 47289250 United States 09/23/2016 08:19 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong SICSEMPERTYRANIS Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum Vi veri universum vivus vici "There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact". Arthur Conan Doyle "Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth". Arthur Conan Doyle MOLON LABE [link to www.usavsus.info]
Anonymous Coward User ID: 72964291 Canada 09/23/2016 08:20 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong 1-star for posting ONLY a video. You could not be bothered to type out the riddle? Lazy Fuck.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 59717921 United States 09/23/2016 08:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong "A bat and a ball cost $1.10 (together). The bat costs 1 dollar more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?" Just think before you answer..

Anonymous Coward User ID: 71652377 Costa Rica 09/23/2016 08:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong 1-star for posting ONLY a video. You could not be bothered to type out the riddle? Lazy Fuck. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72964291 You couldn't watch a 3 minute video… Liberal, lazy, fuck??
Anonymous Coward User ID: 72964291 Canada 09/23/2016 08:27 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong "A bat and a ball cost $1.10 (together). The bat costs 1 dollar more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?" Just think before you answer.. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 59717921 (x+1)+x=1.10? 5-cents?
Anonymous Coward User ID: 72964291 Canada 09/23/2016 08:28 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong 1-star for posting ONLY a video. You could not be bothered to type out the riddle? Lazy Fuck. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72964291 You couldn't watch a 3 minute video… Liberal, lazy, fuck?? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 71652377 Why should I waste 3 minutes watching when I can solve in 3 seconds?
Anonymous Coward User ID: 59717921 United States 09/23/2016 08:28 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong Here's a trickier one "Jack is looking at Anne, but Anne is looking at George. Jack is married, but George is not. Is a married person looking at an unmarried person?" A) Yes B) No C) Cannot be determined
Anonymous Coward User ID: 59717921 United States 09/23/2016 08:30 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong (x+1)+x=1.10? 5-cents? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72964291 Yeah, I think the statistic says more about Harvard than about the riddle. :P

Anonymous Coward User ID: 71602685 United States 09/23/2016 08:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong 1-star for posting ONLY a video. You could not be bothered to type out the riddle? Lazy Fuck. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72964291 You couldn't watch a 3 minute video… Liberal, lazy, fuck?? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 71652377 Why should I waste 3 minutes watching when I can solve in 3 seconds? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72964291 Because yo missed the two problems at the end. And a chance to raise your intellectual level. Which, it appears, needs it.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 73004707 United States 09/23/2016 08:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong 1-star for posting ONLY a video. You could not be bothered to type out the riddle? Lazy Fuck. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72964291 There's a lot more than just a riddle. There's an important key, that tells you how to easily access more brain power.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 72964291 Canada 09/23/2016 08:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong 1-star for posting ONLY a video. You could not be bothered to type out the riddle? Lazy Fuck. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72964291 You couldn't watch a 3 minute video… Liberal, lazy, fuck?? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 71652377 Why should I waste 3 minutes watching when I can solve in 3 seconds? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72964291 Because yo missed the two problems at the end. And a chance to raise your intellectual level. Which, it appears, needs it. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 71602685 OK Sherlock. How do I watch a video via UNIX with no GUI loaded? Fuck you too for assuming.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 72914208 United Kingdom 09/23/2016 08:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong so that's why I find it easier to discriminate fact from fiction when I'm stoned!!
Deplorable Miss Pinkus User ID: 69013890 United States 09/23/2016 08:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong "A bat and a ball cost $1.10 (together). The bat costs 1 dollar more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?" Just think before you answer.. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 59717921 FIVE CENTS! (didn't watch the whole thing, yet.) Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Matthew 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Doubly Deplorable Wookiee666 User ID: 62421844 United States 09/23/2016 08:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong oops Last Edited by JustSomeGuy_42 on 09/23/2016 08:43 AM Warning: JustSomeGuy_42 is a publicly confessed unvaxxed neophiliac . If the number 666 is considered evil. then technically, 25.8069758 is the root of all evil.
BRIEF User ID: 65696907 United States 09/23/2016 08:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong The answer is three cents, I know because all bats cost $1.07 after tax. I never forgive and I never forget I am a licensed firearm holder. I will, under protection of law, use lethal force if attacked.
The Deplorable Scout User ID: 72977335 United States 09/23/2016 08:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong 5 minutes, and 47 days "Be polite, be professional, be prepared to kill everyone you meet." What keeps you awake at night? "Nothing, I keep other people awake at night." Secretary of Defense, James Mattis
Deplorable Miss Pinkus User ID: 69013890 United States 09/23/2016 08:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong So what are the answers to the other 2 questions.. 5 minutes and 47 days? Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Matthew 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Deplorable Miss Pinkus User ID: 69013890 United States 09/23/2016 08:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong 5 minutes, and 47 days Quoting: The Deplorable Scout Dang it, beat me to it. Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Matthew 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

Anonymous Coward User ID: 59717921 United States 09/23/2016 08:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong Because yo missed the two problems at the end. And a chance to raise your intellectual level. Which, it appears, needs it. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 71602685 Because it's a hallmark of idiocy to think "The simple riddle" means one riddle. Real intellectuals know it means three.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 72914208 United Kingdom 09/23/2016 08:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong 5 minutes, and 47 days Quoting: The Deplorable Scout of course it doubles on the last day!! I had a hard time with the last one.
Deplorable Miss Pinkus User ID: 69013890 United States 09/23/2016 08:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong Because yo missed the two problems at the end. And a chance to raise your intellectual level. Which, it appears, needs it. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 71602685 Because it's a hallmark of idiocy to think "The simple riddle" means one riddle. Real intellectuals know it means three. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 59717921 To be fair, I believe the focus was on that particular question, and that it is incorrectly answered more than it is correctly answered. Being a part of a 3-question test was not the subject of the thread.. Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Matthew 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Doubly Deplorable Wookiee666 User ID: 62421844 United States 09/23/2016 09:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong ... You couldn't watch a 3 minute video… Liberal, lazy, fuck?? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 71652377 Why should I waste 3 minutes watching when I can solve in 3 seconds? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72964291 Because yo missed the two problems at the end. And a chance to raise your intellectual level. Which, it appears, needs it. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 71602685 OK Sherlock. How do I watch a video via UNIX with no GUI loaded? Fuck you too for assuming. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72964291 That would be your problem, not ours. Probably someone else out there who can't see it on their TRS-80. Too freakin' bad for them. Last Edited by JustSomeGuy_42 on 09/23/2016 09:03 AM Warning: JustSomeGuy_42 is a publicly confessed unvaxxed neophiliac . If the number 666 is considered evil. then technically, 25.8069758 is the root of all evil.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 72964291 Canada 09/23/2016 09:06 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong ... Why should I waste 3 minutes watching when I can solve in 3 seconds? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72964291 Because yo missed the two problems at the end. And a chance to raise your intellectual level. Which, it appears, needs it. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 71602685 OK Sherlock. How do I watch a video via UNIX with no GUI loaded? Fuck you too for assuming. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72964291 That would be your problem, not ours. Probably someone else out there who can't see it on their TRS-80. Too freakin' bad for them. Quoting: Doubly Deplorable Wookiee666 Yeah, I know. My issue is with people assuming. Not with the fact my terminal connects to an Old SCO-UNIX box.
Beneneth User ID: 11102591 United Kingdom 09/23/2016 09:31 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong Here's a trickier one "Jack is looking at Anne, but Anne is looking at George. Jack is married, but George is not. Is a married person looking at an unmarried person?" A) Yes B) No C) Cannot be determined Quoting: Anonymous Coward 59717921 Yes... If Anne is married, then she is looking at unmarried George. If Anne is not married, then Jack who is married, is looking at her. Jesus is Lord
Anonymous Coward User ID: 61629722 United States 09/23/2016 09:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong Quoting: Philligan
Anonymous Coward User ID: 134221 United States 09/23/2016 10:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong 1-star for posting ONLY a video. You could not be bothered to type out the riddle? Lazy Fuck. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72964291
Anonymous Coward User ID: 72725311 United States 09/23/2016 10:20 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong "A bat and a ball cost $1.10 (together). The bat costs 1 dollar more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?" Just think before you answer.. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 59717921 FIVE CENTS! (didn't watch the whole thing, yet.) Quoting: Deplorable Miss Pinkus I don't get it?
Anonymous Coward User ID: 70321915 United States 09/23/2016 10:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: The simple riddle that 50% of Harvard students get wrong I'm a scholarship recipient, 4.0 GPA and I got the riddle wrong too,lol.
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