More Puzzles

puzzle The solutions illustrate some important principles of logical reasoning.

Proof that English is infinite using elementary logic.

Are mothers less likely to have boys than girls?

A problem to sort out using rational numbers.

Simpson's paradox in baseball.

Simpson's paradox of strange proportions.

Women have more sisters than men do.

Bag of beans probability paradox.

Take two people at random, what is the chance their birthdays are on the same day in 2023?

What is the value of 2581, given the table of values at right? Solution


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