Here are some questions. They should be answered within the context of the given information. (Required Canine IQ: Average, Required Human IQ: High.)
Question 1:
A Management Guru should know something about Cognitive Dissonance – I do, and so I am a Management Guru. Is there a logical fallacy in the statement?
(Note: Does it really matter? Isn’t all management is grand compilation of logical fallacies? Woof!)
Options:
- Yes
- No
- Can’t Say
Question 2:
These funny questions should actually brand me a philosopher. And a philosopher should be able to answer simple questions such as why humans like to inflict pain upon themselves. I can answer that question by applying the theory of cognitive dissonance. Now does it make me a philosopher, or a psychologist, or a Management Guru? Could someone logically deduce my true occupation?
Options:
- Philosopher
- Psychologist
- Management Guru
- All the three
- Can’t Say
Question 3:
If you are still reading, you are a genius. If you’ve moved on, well, you would anyway not read this, hence, I can be truthful and say that you are definitely not a genius. You are a genius. Am I right in my deduction?
Options:
- Yes
- No
- Can’t Say
Question 4:
All geniuses are passionate about following their chosen course of action. This is equally true of the bloodhounds. So, could we say that all geniuses are bloodhounds, or would it be more appropriate to say that all bloodhounds are geniuses, or…well! Which one of the following is a correct deduction about the relationship between geniuses and bloodhounds.
Options:
- All geniuses are blood hounds
- All blood hounds are geniuses
- No genius is a bloodhound
- Some geniuses are bloodhounds
- Some bloodhounds are geniuses
- Can’t Say.
Question 5:
If both the above statements (about the geniuses and the bloodhounds) are fallacious then we could surmise that the author, a canine, is definitely not a genius and so, not a blood hound. In context of the given information (assume that you don’t know that I am a Zinar Cutie), is the deduction acceptable.
Options:
- Yes
- No
(Send in your answers. I’ll show you mine in two days. In case of disagreement, we’ll finalize the answers through a democratic process, similar to the one we’ve witnessed in Iran! Got it, didn’t you?)
Note: If you are a bloodhound, leave your blog’s link in the comment section of this post. Production in the Oodget factory has now started, and the first clock to roll off the line is a bloodhound clock. Mercury is making some new clocks for the Dog COM project, and if there’s no bloodhound among my friends, she’ll ship it against the Dog COM order.
Note 2 (The chewed one): I’ll publish the answers to this puzzle on July 10, 2009. The answers will not be withheld, and will be published as and when they are posted as comments (and as and when I sniff them out. The woos of comment moderation.)
Of course, the canine/human who answers all the questions correctly, will win the Smart Pup Award.
Note 3: As the title suggests – this puzzle is the outcome of some rambling logic, which in turn was the outcome of a somewhat painful extraction of a crooked crook of a wisdom tooth! If you feel that the answer isn’t given as an option, please feel free to add it in your answer. I am open to all the criticism that is directed towards this crazy woman called Mercury!



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It is either too late and/or too early to even try to paw answers….
But I do know some Siberians are genius material!
And some geniuses wish they were Siberians!
Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra The Inkhredibly Khlever
We think this would work equally well as the following:
Some brothers are doofuses.
I have a brother.
My brother is a doofus.
Yes?
No?
Can’t say?
Sorry about the crooked tooth extraction!
Wirey woofs,
Jake of Florida
Ya know, Oorvi….ya have been hangin’ out with Mercury ‘n Cameo way too long….some of their intelligence has sneaked right inta yer brain…invaded yer cranium…..skewed yer natural inclinations ta be a silly, faithful canine companion……..
I can tell ya that at this time of night, we could not even read those questions let alone solve a puzzle that includes ‘em…..guess we’re just plain……well… ordinary……yep….. yes siree….ordinary ta a fault…. not intellectual material at all……..’n we’re not even interested in hearin’ the answers either……
Get yerself some KFC and pig out…..give Mercury ‘n Cameo a glass of strong wine ‘n tell ‘em ta chill out….life is like a box of chocolates…..ya never know what yer gonna find when ya open the box and pick one out……but ya always know it will be delicous…..unless ya pick out on with coconut ‘n yer Gram….then ya want ta spit it right out…..yuck…….
Sorry we haven’t caught up on yer adventures just yet….Gram has been workin’ on a project fer Earthdog ‘n we haven’t been able ta tear ‘er away from it til it’s finished…….if she doesn’t take pictures…..I will….so ya can see what she was doin’….
Have a good day….’n enjoy yer KFC….
Oh by the by….had ta look up cognitive dissonance ta see what it was all about….if yer strugglin’ with the issue….have a can of beer…..it will hurt yer brain a lot less……
Dewey Dewster here…..
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31941672/ns/tech_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/
Oorvi — If ythis link isn’t broken, check out the story about dog dating web sites in India. Your idea??
Jake and Just Harry
Thanks Jake.
They won’t allow me on the dating sites (but I saw Mercury checking them out – hah!) There was some talk about meeting Johnny… let’s see:)
Licks n wags,
Oorvi
1 – Yes
2 – Can’t say
3 – Yes
4 – Can’t say
5 – No
We can say through all this rambling that Spock, who is a Vulcan, would find you illogical. Since the 10th has long since passed and the answers are nowhere to be found.
Essex & Deacon
Essex n Deacon got it right:) You are a couple of geniuses – question 3 confirms it too.
You’ve earned the right to display the Smart Pup Award on your blog…once again. I’d now need a hat-trick award:)
Licks n Wags,
Oorvi