an insaner world

A simple, yet challenging game of word association. AI has sorted a list of words by relevance to the first word, which you attempt to guess by how it relates to your previously guessed words, giving you the rank (in the sort) of each word you guess. Give this unique brain teaser a try.

My first attempt (puzzle #369) took me 102 guesses (14 green, 33 yellow, 55 red). My second (puzzle #368) took me 24 guesses (15g, 2y, 7r).

This guy takes a microscope slide and adds a drop of his blood and some gems, and shows us the amazing thing that happens.

The Wason Selection Task. What gets me is that almost 50% of mathematicians also get it wrong. That does not bode well for society. Though it does explain a lot.