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Dinosaur Dodger Tips and Strategy

01 Mar

I recently uploaded a game I call “Dinosaur Dodger“. It’s based on an interesting paradox I read about on this blog, by an economist who has authored a number of good books. The paradox is called the “Paradox of the Absent Minded Driver”. It goes like this : imagine a driver, driving home along a highway. They need to take the second exit to get off, but for some reason they can’t recall which exit they are at when they get to an exit.

The Absent Minded Driver paradox, and Dinosaur Didger, involve finding the best strategy to get home on this track

The Absent Minded Driver paradox, and Dinosaur Didger, involve finding the best strategy to get home on this track

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A Little Conundrum

06 Mar

Consider the sentence :

“Thsi sentence hsa three errors.”

The puzzle is to find the errors. Two of them are easy to find :

  • “Thsi” should read “This”,
  • “hsa” should read “has”,


but where’s the third error?

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