New test I invented

[ShinyBlade]

You have 10 minutes to complete this test

 

1. Read this whole paper first, and then follow the directions given.

2. Relax, smile and sit back

3. Sing a song

4. Underline the first number of the all the question

5. Call the name of a friend, wave to them, and say hello.

6. Stand up and shake someone’s hand.

7. Say hello to someone

8. Run once around all the desks in the class yelling “We’re the best in the school!”

9. Find three others and play “Ring around the Rosie.”

10. Count backward from 10.

11. Yelled out your name.

12. Yelled out "I HAVE".

13. Add 237, 4986, and 866. Answer: __________________

14. After you do number 13, yell “I found the answer!”

15. Write the name of your favorite food. _______________

16. Sit down and stand up 10 times as fast as you can.

17. Print the name of the planet you live on ____________

18. Say something nice to me

19. Say out loud "I'm almost done I have follow all directions".

20. Now after you finish reading go back and do only #1 and #2.

 

posted I fail if you fail to follow the direction

[Guest Chaos Pudding]

You didn't invent this. This is the staple of teachers everywhere that want to teach students to read the instructions fully before taking the test.

[Jericho]

Why would anyone do this?

[Kizzi]

But why would you actually need to read all the questions before taking the test? Oh, unless you are taking a test made or posted by douchebags.

[Icestorm]

Sorry, I'm not going to bother reading it because I have a life.

[Dark]

Number two says relax for as long as you'd like.

 

So I relaxed too much and couldn't get to number three. D:

[CrabHelmet]

I did number 1, but it told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which I'm just having fun with Ctrl+V here, but you get the point - you need to word your questions better so that they don't produce infinitely recursive loops terminable only by Dark's Solution.

[RAEGING D0GKING]

So I read all of it which means I have to do number 1.

Which means I need to keep on reading it.

Also you didnt invent this. Ive done this type of test ages ago.

[ShinyBlade]

I did number 1' date=' but it told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which I'm just having fun with Ctrl+V here, but you get the point - you need to word your questions better so that they don't produce infinitely recursive loops terminable only by Dark's Solution.

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nooo you only need to do number 1 and 2

[CrabHelmet]

I did number 1' date=' but it told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which I'm just having fun with Ctrl+V here, but you get the point - you need to word your questions better so that they don't produce infinitely recursive loops terminable only by Dark's Solution.

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nooo you only need to do number 1 and 2

 

But completing #1 entails reading and completing all twenty. You do remember what #1 is, don't you?

[Kizzi]

I did number 1' date=' but it told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which I'm just having fun with Ctrl+V here, but you get the point - you need to word your questions better so that they don't produce infinitely recursive loops terminable only by Dark's Solution.

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nooo you only need to do number 1 and 2

 

But completing #1 entails reading and completing all twenty. You do remember what #1 is, don't you?

 

Crab, I think my solution is better.

 

I did number 1, but it told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to do number 1 again, which told me to do everything, including 20, which told me to - AAAAAAAAAAAAARG CTRLCCTRLCCONTROLCALTF4CTRLC

[Womi]

Another thread about paradoxes?

Okay, so there's a village with only one barber....

[CrabHelmet]

Another thread about paradoxes?

 

No, it's a thread about a standard schoolteacher's gag being pawned off as original that lead to an infinite loop because it was poorly-constructed.

[Womi]

Another thread about paradoxes?

 

No' date=' it's a thread about a standard schoolteacher's gag being pawned off as original that lead to an infinite loop because it was poorly-constructed.

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Ah, I always confound these two things. ^^;

 

You could have just written:

20. ...go back and only do #2.

[CrabHelmet]

Another thread about paradoxes?

 

No' date=' it's a thread about a standard schoolteacher's gag being pawned off as original that lead to an infinite loop because it was poorly-constructed.

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Ah, I always confound these two things. ^^;

 

You could have just written:

20. Go back and only do #2.

 

Even then, what it really means then is "Read everything, then do #2-19, then just sit around as long as you like afterward".

 

Even if you write it in a way that makes sense with the author's intentions - that #20 actually negates #3-19 - it's difficult to tell what really needs to be done due to conflicting orders. #1 says to read and do everything - including, say, #4 and #20. #4 says to perform a certain action. #20 says not to perform that action. It is thus impossible to fulfill both #4 and #20 as #1 demands. How do we know which takes precedence? The obvious answer is that #20 does because it's clearly a test to see if you read all the directions, but that's inserting additional meta-information - and who's to say that the test isn't really trying to see who would automatically assume that that's what the test is really about?

 

The solution is that, as #20 relates to #2-19, it must be written in a higher logical language than #2-19, as per Tarski's tiered-language resolution of the Liar's Paradox, which means that #20 should take precedence over the "lower" instructions.

[Super Half Vamp Riku]

OH NO A TEST,i dident study

[Womi]

Another thread about paradoxes?

 

No' date=' it's a thread about a standard schoolteacher's gag being pawned off as original that lead to an infinite loop because it was poorly-constructed.

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Ah, I always confound these two things. ^^;

 

You could have just written:

20. Go back and only do #2.

 

Even then, what it really means then is "Read everything, then do #2-19, then just sit around as long as you like afterward".

 

Even if you write it in a way that makes sense with the author's intentions - that #20 actually negates #3-19 - it's difficult to tell what really needs to be done due to conflicting orders. #1 says to read and do everything - including, say, #4 and #20. #4 says to perform a certain action. #20 says not to perform that action. It is thus impossible to fulfill both #4 and #20 as #1 demands. How do we know which takes precedence? The obvious answer is that #20 does because it's clearly a test to see if you read all the directions, but that's inserting additional meta-information - and who's to say that the test isn't really trying to see who would automatically assume that that's what the test is really about?

 

The solution is that, as #20 relates to #2-19, it must be written in a higher logical language than #2-19, as per Tarski's tiered-language resolution of the Liar's Paradox, which means that #20 should take precedence over the "lower" instructions.

Summing up.

Read this whole paper first' date=' [b']and then[/b] follow the directions given.

There's the mistake.

As #20's priority is clearly higher than the other ones although it's set at the end.

Please correct me.

[Poseidon©]

This is horribly worded as said by other people.

 

INFINITE LOOP DAMMIT.