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• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If you pick A, B is also red, and C is also an irregular 4-gon. So A is not unlike either B or C.

  If you pick B, A is also red, and C is also filled solid with color. So B is not unlike either B or C.

  But if you pick C, while C does have elements in common with A and B…

  (it shares ‘irregular 4-gon’ with A, and ‘solid color fill’ with B)

  … it is also unlike each of them singly, as well as both of them together, in that it is green.

  Only when you pick C do you result in a pair of sets that are cleanly dvided by the same property difference.

  Is that more clear?

  If you pick C, the distinction between C and A is the same distinction between C and B.

  Thus, if you pick C, C is unlike A and B in the same way.

  This is what I would call a clean or clear distinction, or … kind of unlikeness.

  This is not the case, does not occur, if you pick A or B.

  You end up with a picked set of one element that differs from the remainder set in ways that are inconsistent among the elements of the remainder set.

  IE, a muddled or inconsistent distinction.

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  • fonix232@fedia.io ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    No, you're still not correct just because you chose to reduce the similarities of C with A and B.

    Again, I can make the same ignorant reduction of importance you did, but from a different aspect, and get a different answer.

    The only reason you're picking C is psychological, as in, C is the most visually distinct due to the difference in colour (which is something human eyes are keyed towards). The rest of your explanation is a pseudointellectual attempt of forcing logic into your subjective choice, basically, you're Petersoning it real hard just to be right.

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    Just to make it clear, let's apply your same property difference.

    If you pick A, the distinction between (A, B) and (A, C) is the same - they are filled, not outline.

    If you pick B, the distinction between (B, A) and (B, C) is the same again - they have four sides, not 3.

    So, again, the same property difference pair can be applied to literally any of the choices.

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    • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yep, you’re right.

      KaChilde ran through a more thorough version of my own logic and I realized I am being a stubborn ass, sorry about that lol!

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      • fonix232@fedia.io ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Well, I'm glad this moment led to some personal growth!

        Remember, making mistakes is okay as long as you 1, can admit being wrong and 2, learn from being wrong.

        And to be fair this "puzzle" is specifically designed to be confusing and have people jump to the "obvious conclusion" based on their perspective. To you it was the colour green vs red, to others it was the shape triangle vs quadrangle, and to a third group it would be the outline vs filled state. It's actually not unlike some IQ test questions where the goal isn't to see if you can find the "correct" answer (as there isn't one!), but to see how you think.

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  • canofcam@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I think you are overthinking this mate.

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    • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I concur, and realized my logic is flawed.

      … sorry.

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