Max Titov IV @ TechSplice » puzzle http://www.blog.techsplice.com The most beautiful music of all is the music of what happens. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:56:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Silly mathematical evolution http://www.blog.techsplice.com/archives/92 http://www.blog.techsplice.com/archives/92#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2005 23:45:39 +0000 maxtmax http://www.blog.techsplice.com/?p=92 If you want to impress your friends with your abilities try the following:

Claim that you have eleven fingers; in addition claim that you can prove this fact right in front of them.

Starting at your left hand count your fingers:

  1. One, two, three, four, five…
  2. Move on to your right hand and count off the remaining fingers:
  3. Six, seven, eight, nine, ten…
  4. Surprised by this obvious outcome claim that you have to repeat the exercise because something must have gone wrong while you were counting.
  5. Starting at your left hand again [but this time beginning at ten], count your fingers backwards.
  6. Ten, nine, eight, seven, six…
  7. Stop – point out that there are additional five fingers on the other hand; making the total eleven.

“As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality” Albert Einstein

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