/lit/ - Literature

the problem with these "logic puzzles" is that they make no pretense of being reasonable. they always hide behind a blatant misdirection that no one of sound mind would jump to. why am I supposed to assume that the plus symbol is not actually an operation of addition? I'm not stupid for assuming you're following established conventions when you didn't say otherwise
if you really wanted the puzzle to be about solving an undefined operand, then you should have used a different symbol that isn't already an established operand in mathematics, especially one that's used in basic arithmetic. if you had given me
>F(1,4)=5
>F(2,5)=12
>F(3,6)=21
>F(8,11)=?
I would have been able to solve it within two minutes, but the reliance on forcing it into a symbol that already has an established meaning is just an exercise in "how well can you ignore the most fundamental rules of mathematics while solving a problem using mathematics?" it's like writing a locked room mystery but then saying at the end "oh, well the back wall was actually a hologram" despite it not being in a sci-fi setting

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That's stupid though

I am defined by what I've broken away from, and by what I break into, The latter is certainly more unpleasant for you than the former is for me.

see panel #5

/sci/fag here. Just stopping by to drop a random xkcd nugget.