riddles

logical recreations, riddles
Red and Blue Socks
06.04.08 | Permalink | Comment?

The following is a very simple problem which many of you know. Twenty-four red socks and 24 blue socks are lying in a drawer in a dark room. What is the minimum number of socks I must take out of the drawer which will guarantee that I have at least two socks of the same [...]
logical recreations, riddles
Was I Lying?
05.19.08 | Permalink | Comment?

A related incident occurred many years later when I was a graduate student at the University of Chicago. I decided to have a job as a seller. I applied to a vacuum cleaner company and had to take an aptitude test. One of the questions was, ‘Do you object to telling a little lie every [...]

Red and Blue Socks