This problem involves a glass of oil placed next to a glass of vinegar
You take a spoonful of oil and stir it into the vinegar glass.Then you take
a spoonful of the mixture and stir it into the oil glass.The question
is whether you now have more oil in the vinegar glass or more vinegar in
the oil glass.
Design a clock which has no moving features on its face and can still
function effectively.
A man walked into a bar and asked for a glass of water. The girl behind the
bar suddenly pulled out a gun and shot the man dead. Can you suggest a
plausible explanation?
A suggested solution to the world-population crisis is to allow families
to have as many children as they like until they have one boy and then
they must stop having children(voluntary sterilization etc.)Is this a
sensible solution or fair? What effects do you think it would have?
Can you conceive of a figure which is at the same time a perfect
square and a perfect circle? If you cannot conceive of such a figure
yourself can you accept that someone else might be able to?
A doctor sincerely believes that by a special test he can predict
the sex of a child while it is still in the womb.He charges the parents a
fee for this service. But he accepts that he is not infallible and whenever
he proves wrong he returns the original fee with a generous ten percent
interest as well. He makes a lot of money. Then he is arrested.Of what do
you think he is guilty?
Use your imagination to construct a scenario which would explain these
situations and make them appear quite reasonable.
A man is standing by his car pouring beer into his petrol tank.
All the senior executives are standing by as the big safe is carefully
opened.When the door finally swings open it reveals a black velvet cushion
on top of which rests a solitary peanut.
Show with a drawing how you would redesign the human head if God were to
ask you to do this for him.
Each of the following is a way of doing things which we have developed in
our society.Although these ways may be adequate, it may be possible to find
alternatives. Can you begin to think of alternatives to each of the
following ?
exams in schools and colleges
advertising
prisons
hospitals
newspapers
two party democracy
buses for public transport
insurance
