A riddle in the Jokes and Riddles section asked how a horse tied to a 15 foot rope could reach a hay bail from 25 feet away. The answer is (question is resolved) that the other end of the rope was not tied to anything. While that answer is plausible, and a horse with a rope tied to it would not always be secured to a stationary object, I'm not sure that it is the logical answer.
I am uncertain about this because it seems to me that the inference from the question is that the horse is secured by the rope, and that this is more probably the case than not, as there would not exist an implied problem if the horse was not so secured.
I suppose you could interpret my question as asking what is the most logical, if that can be asked, answer to a question like the one above?
Is the answer an example of "Occam's Razor?"
2006-09-24
11:35:18
·
6 answers
·
asked by
Anonymous