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The Ultimate Cognitive Thinking Test: 19 Insanely Tough Questions To Prove Your IQ
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The Ultimate Cognitive Thinking Test: 19 Insanely Tough Questions To Prove Your IQ

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This test focuses on your reasoning and problem-solving abilities. We’ve gathered 19 challenging questions to push your logic to the limit. And your task is to prove you can decode at least 15/19 of these patterns ✅

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    Ace
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some of these rules are so contrived it's possible to construct a different ruleset that works equally well but with a different result. Yes, I felt cheated on the couple I got 'wrong' too.

    JL
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I disagree with number 3. Yes the dotted line being diagonal would fit the pattern of the other corners, but there's no similar pattern for the vertical or horizontal dotted lines, and all the other even numbered squares have the dots evenly split by the line. A 1/3 split doesn't fit the pattern.

    Just_for_this
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a feeling we chose the same one, the incremental ball count felt more significant than the rotating line. in no other pattern was there ever more than 1 ball on the other side.

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    Schnitzel
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A racoon on Valium is faster than me :-/

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    Ace
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some of these rules are so contrived it's possible to construct a different ruleset that works equally well but with a different result. Yes, I felt cheated on the couple I got 'wrong' too.

    JL
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I disagree with number 3. Yes the dotted line being diagonal would fit the pattern of the other corners, but there's no similar pattern for the vertical or horizontal dotted lines, and all the other even numbered squares have the dots evenly split by the line. A 1/3 split doesn't fit the pattern.

    Just_for_this
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a feeling we chose the same one, the incremental ball count felt more significant than the rotating line. in no other pattern was there ever more than 1 ball on the other side.

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    Schnitzel
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A racoon on Valium is faster than me :-/

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