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Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Riddle: Find logical mistake in the sentence
Mary, in 1925, told her friend, "My husband died in World War I."
I guess she lied because the world war one was from 1914 - 1918 so if he died why would she tell her about that 7 - 11 years after that. If she was her friend she would invite her or atleast tell her at the funeral which is about 1month after people know about the death.
I like the way you analyzed this Chinu. But it is quite possible that she may have met this "friend" after many years.
The main logical flaw in this statement is - by 1925 World war II had not happen so Mary would not refer the World was (1914-1918) as World war I. In 1925 they used to call it a "Great war". Only after the second world war (1939-1945), people started referring the first war as "World War I".
I guess she lied because the world war one was from 1914 - 1918 so if he died why would she tell her about that 7 - 11 years after that. If she was her friend she would invite her or atleast tell her at the funeral which is about 1month after people know about the death.
ReplyDeleteI like the way you analyzed this Chinu. But it is quite possible that she may have met this "friend" after many years.
DeleteThe main logical flaw in this statement is - by 1925 World war II had not happen so Mary would not refer the World was (1914-1918) as World war I. In 1925 they used to call it a "Great war". Only after the second world war (1939-1945), people started referring the first war as "World War I".
nice one atul kaka got the main mistake
ReplyDeleteI liked chinu's approach at problem solving. :)
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