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Calligraphy exam: Write down the number 37, spelled out, nicely.
explananation: https://explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2966:_Exam_Numbers
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Man, I remember getting the kindergarten question at a point where my older brother had already told me that you can just add more digits and it always gets bigger.
I was so angry at that question, because what the hell do you want me to do here? I think, I ended up just cramming as many 9s into the box as I could, but that question is almost philosophical.
Clearly, I’m able to think of an even larger number by cramming one more 9 into there. So, what I’ve written down is always wrong. It is never the largest number that I’m actually able to think of. I’m telling you, I got forced into this life of lies and crime at a young age.
The game theory one is easy. Put down 999,999,999,999 factorial. Then everyone got it wrong, and the curve will reflect that.
Basically, write down the biggest number you can think of
Only if it’s “10 more” in the sense that anything bigger than that is also accepted. If you need to hit 57, because the average is 47, then yeah, good luck.
The goal in the upstream comment wasn’t to get the answer right for you, it’s to skew the average so badly that nobody gets it right, and the bell curve adjusts accordingly for everyone.
Not a bad strategy to be honest