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crazygringo12/09/20240 repliesview on HN

> as it is that an ability to solve them means you’re capable in ways most people aren’t.

No, because the point is that they always hinge on an arbitrary distinction to give one answer. But if you made a different arbitrary distinction you'd get a different answer. And the arbitrary distinctions are, well, arbitrary. They reflect neither truth nor capability. Just whether you can read the questioner's mind as to what arbitrary and intentionally unstated assumptions they are making.

No thanks.