Recently, when
I was searching Ted.com I came across Riddle videos. The video that I want to
show you was created by Dan Finkel who is a math teacher. He created many
videos on ted talk and Here is one of them. In this riddle you are trying to
take measurements of time using a-fuses. I personally didn’t know how to solve
this riddle at all and had a problem with understanding how to make the fuses
to burn out equally to the half. This type of videos really helps you to
improve your imagination and ingenuity. I highly recommend watching this video
and figuring out how to do it by yourself. Good luck.
Questions:
1. Were
you able to solve the riddle?
2. Is
this type of learning new things and solving problems friendly and efficient?
Why?
3. Did
you come across any of his videos before?
Comments
2. Yes, definitely, because it helps develop the sense of logic thinking while bearing in mind the real applications of such problems, like escaping a prison 😊. Another advantage of that kind of puzzles is that you can use them to entertain your friends or even impress them with your knowledge if you happen to know the solution beforehand. Personally, I was never so good at solving such problems, which is sometimes a little frustrating when you realize how simple the solution was. The problem is that you can’t solve such problems by the means of knowledge or experience, but only smartness which can be either natural or trained.
3. No, unfortunately I have never heard of him or his videos.
2. It's probably not for me. I get angry when I can't solve the problem. This form of learning discourages me.
3. I've never watched his films before.
I was trying hard but in the end I had to look up the solution at the end of the video. I guess there mere knowing that there is solution out there makes you try less - that's a psychological trick.
2. Is this type of learning new things and solving problems friendly and efficient? Why?
Yes, it is a kind of a case study, and I always considered case studies to be the best learning examples. So I support this kind of education also in schools and universities.
3. Did you come across any of his videos before?
No, but there are a lot of videos on youtube called "the hardest riddle" and so on ;) So I had stumbled upon some of them earlier, yes.
2. Generally yes. However, often in this type of riddles the author unnecessarily weaves hidden complications. As in facebook pictures of the type that "which cup will first fill with water".
3. Sometimes on YouTube you can see this kind of video. I clicked one from curiosity and it was some kind of FBI candidate test riddles.
I was able to solve the riddle. Unfortunately, I did not solve it now, but many years earlier, when I attended a school in the scientific circle during which we solved logical and mathematical puzzles.
2. Is this type of learning new things and solving problems friendly and efficient? Why?
Of course, this is one of the best ways to learn! Whenever a puzzle can be solved, a person has great satisfaction with the problem being solved. It gives not only satisfaction, but also motivation for further action and allows you to remember certain patterns of actions.
3. Did you come across any of his videos before?
No, I never came across his films, but I'll be happy to watch them! During the school classes, we watched many films of other artists based on a similar ideology.
I managed to solve the doors.
2. Is this type of learning new things and solving problems friendly and efficient? Why?
I really like this type of learning , it makes us think logically and not learn something.
3. Did you come across any of his videos before?
To be honest, I don't remember seeing that particular video of the jailbreak.
Not this time, quite complicated.
2. Is this type of learning new things and solving problems friendly and efficient? Why?
Learning is not about thinking about some tricky questions, but continuously process of studying
3. Did you come across any of his videos before?
No, I generally dont like riddles or puzzles.
2. Sometimes yes, sometimes no. As we all know, we learn logic from an early age. Logic causes what we do in life. We make decisions based on logic. However, what too much is not healthy.
3. No, I don't think so.
I think riddles can make great tool for learning new creative ways to solve problems, as seen by our classes at PJATK where we have learning through riddles course.
I dont remember watching any of his videos before but it seems like i might actually enjoy them, will gladly check out the creator.
Yes, it wasn't that hard.
2.
I don't enjoy logical puzzles. They take too much time and answer is very often unsatisfying.
3.
As I said, logical puzzles frustrates me so I rather stay away.
Unfortunately I didn’t come up with any idea to solve the riddle but I found it really engaging. The main problem for me was that I was trying to find some catch and I thought the solution will finally omit those fuses and lighter and concentrate on something else what we should have possibly seen in the background (like read the time from the sun or something like that 😊). But it occurred it was a fair game and an author sticks to the rules so for the next time I will certainly try to use only the mentioned rules.
2. Is this type of learning new things and solving problems friendly and efficient? Why?
I would say it is a brilliant approach to make our brains work. This type of learning requires an of-the-box thinking what has many advantages, for example it develops our creativity and helps to remember new things and learn them quicker in the future. Moreover, such a way of learning is also a challenge and fun what makes it more appealing and entertaining for us, so we do it more willingly.
3. Did you come across any of his videos before?
No, I didn’t, however I’m certainly going to check his videos in a spare time.
I love the TED riddles series. At the end of each they include a Brilliant.com ads, which is a wonderful website if you want to train your brains. It appears at the end of Kurzgesagt videos, which are also often make an appearance in this course
2. yes. develops imagination and ingenuity
3. no, I did not know him
In my opinion, yes. I found this riddle very amusing.
As I mentioned before, yes. I love watching those type of videos were the viewers are solving misters or puzzles.
I believe that this type of learning is very simple, and at the same time requires a long thinking, which develops logical thinking. This type of learning can be good, but not for everyone. Some people prefer to read the information 50 times and remember it rather than understand it.
I have never come across the creator's films, although I have come across many other creators who present many different puzzles. I really like riddles and puzzles. For example, I play lots of nonogram and hashi lately.
Thanks for this puzzle film. I like this guy already.
2. I think it’s good that people make this kind of learning movies. Even if you can’t solve this riddle there is always something to learn from this and acquire new experience, new ways of thinking. Maybe there will be a time when it helps you resolve your problem.
3.No I didn’t maybe in some games. But I saw some links to other similar videos at the end so maybe I will try some later.
I used to meet his video on YouTube, I remember that there was a mystery about time travel, and it was very interesting, if you like this task, you can find it on the same channel.
Such puzzles can sometimes be solved at leisure, they help to get distracted and on the other hand it is a healthy food for the brain. In general, you need to develop critical and logical thinking, these are useful things.
The pursuit of self-development is one of the key qualities of a person. Training logical thinking, only one way to raise your intelligence to a higher level, along with reading books, attending various seminars and courses. One of the most interesting types of logical tasks is fascinating puzzles. After all, they not only make it possible to pass the time with interest, but also significantly develop an extraordinary thinking.
I have not heard about this channel on YouTube , but I solve similar riddle by finding them on the Internet.
No, unfortunately I wasn't able solve this riddle.
It was really interesting and I was trying to do my best,
but it was really hard.
2. Is this type of learning new things and solving problems friendly and
efficient? Why?
As for me this type of learning could be really efficient. First of all it lets
to learn some new words and phrases in different way that boring reading of
books or passing some uniteresting quizzes. That thing, that
solution also described in the end lets people to know did they guess the
correct answer or how close were they to him.
Also it could improve your logic,
thinking. If some group of people try to solve this riddle together it
could improve teamwork skills and cooperate all persons.
3. Did you come across any of his videos before?
No, that was the first one riddle that I discovered on TED, I liked it and it was really nice experience.
Unfortunately not, but I didn't try hard, I just was trying to use the most obvious solutions, I think if I spent more time on it I definitely could solve it.
2. Is this type of learning new things and solving problems friendly and efficient? Why?
For the answer is yes, I like puzzles that challenge mind and remind that you are not smartest person in the world, or maybe you are?
3. Did you come across any of his videos before?
I like ted puzzles, and I watched a lot of videos from those series.
No, I figured the light at both ends part but didn’t jump to the 15 seconds solution.
2. Is this type of learning new things and solving problems friendly and efficient? Why?
Depends on the riddle. Here you have all kinds of factors like: can you even depend on yourself to light it instantly, do they burn the same if lit from the other side, etc. It has too much fluff obscuring the parameters of the riddle. Also the solution depends on a gimmick. I would not call it a true logic puzzle. Logic puzzles are useful because they teach, well, logic.
3. Did you come across any of his videos before?
I have seen and solved the 3 gods riddle before. Took some work with a pen and paper that one but I loved it.
2. It's friendly and logical upon explanation but I'm not sure if it's very efficient- each person needs different amount of time to solve a problem and giving an answer doesn't help us with future riddles.
3. No I did not! They're pretty interesting.