Posted by Els on 07/13/06 16:14

Jonathan N. Little wrote:

> 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)

See? these test-makers just don't have enough intelligence to test it
in others ;-)

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