Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 07/13/06 15:06

Els wrote:
> dorayme wrote:

> If that's a sign of lack of intelligence, I'm a lot less intelligent
> than I thought I was ;-)
> These tests often assume that there's only one pattern possible, so
> they simply don't check for alternative possibilities.
>
> Take this very (too) simple one: 1 2 3 5 .. ..
> They think it's obvious that the next one is 8, but I figure it could
> be 6.
> Their pattern: 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55
> My pattern: 1 2 3 5 6 7 9 10 11 13
>
> Who's to say I'm wrong? ;-)
>

How about

1 2 3 5 7 11 12 13 15 17 21 22 23...?

(no closed loops)

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Jonathan
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