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Well, at the point at which the answer is offered we find the skill with
which the question was frammed; not suggesting that had the question been
phrased "When does 0.25 equal 15?" that the responses would have been more
satisfying to you, Val/Igor, but 25=15? is quite different from 0.25=15?, or
even 1/4=15?, I'm sure you will agree. As is often the case in other
venues, the one who asks the heuristic question often learns the most.
Good trading
NHBob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Igor Kaplun" <ikaplun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "OMEGA-LIST" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 9:03 AM
Subject: "at what point 25 is equal to 15?"
>
>
> Hello, LIST
>
> Ok, the question was "at what point 25 is equal to 15?"
>
> Looks like no one understands my question. Actually, not many people
> see it as a question. They see it as a headache.
> We live in a world that requires to think more practically than
> creatively. At that point opened mind is shut down and calculates
> answers that requires to say "yes or no". If we do not know or cannot
> recognize not a standard question, then we go to a dictionary,
> searching internet and all kind of books for the answer. All our
> problems, as I see it, start right there and we think very often not
> further than our nose.
>
> OK, - here is the answer. I learned it myself several days ago. But
> in a way it is fascinating.
> I was walking out of the building in midtown of Manhattan.
> Before exiting it, I asked a porter: "Hey buddy, what time is it?"
> He looked at me and answered: "Quarter past three", - but I did not
> get it.
> I asked again: "Pardon me?"
> He looked at the watch and said: "Yeah, fifteen past three ... same
> thing,"
> and smiled to me. He is actually stated, without knowing, that 25
> equals 15.
> That is the answer.
>
> Val
>
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