Formula of Love

“Love is like π – natural, irrational, and very important.” – Lisa Hoffman

Certain scientists think that love is a chemical state of mind and the formula for love is as follows:

dopamine + seratonin + oxytocin

C₈H₁₁NO₂ + C₁₀H₁₂N₂O + C₄₃H₆₆N₁₂O₁₂S₂ 

How many atoms  are there in the formula of love?

Answer

Mystic Number 7

Why we frequently use number 7?

Why there are seven days of week? seven deadly sins? seven wonders? . . . .

Look for the answer in the night sky or at aplusclick.org

Guesstimate Methods

Guesstimate is an estimate based on a mixture of guesswork and calculation.

“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” – Albert Einstein

“The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers.” – Richard Hamming

Guesstimate Methods and Examples from Igor Kokcharov, Ph.D, PMP

Everyday Brain Training

Millions people do everyday physical training / exercises. They want to keep their body in good shape.

Why a smaller number of people intentionally do everyday brain training / exercises?

• The absence of intelligence is not so visible as defaults of the physical shape.
• Everybody thinks that he / she is enough smart.
• Playing computer games is considered as a mental work.
• No time, there are other priorities.
• Lack of motivation / self-discipline.
• There are not interesting intellectual challenges to meet everyday.
•  . . .

Many types of work, games, discussions concentrate on a limited types of challenges. You can play many hours everyday, but the types of exercises are limited: just kill / catch somebody, and you do it again and again.

Aplusclick tries to respond to the challenges by creating a collection of different logic puzzles for all ages. There are several thousands different types of problems. Enough to do everyday training for many months.  Many of them demands exceptional intelligence.

Do your everyday 5-minute brain training at the free website Aplusclick and keep your brain sharp.

 

Fermi Problem

Often, a problem solver might estimate the required value without very much information. He/she might aim to get an order of magnitude estimate. The estimation technique is named after physicist Enrico Fermi, as he was known for his ability to make good approximate calculations with little or no actual data. Fermi problems typically involve making justified guesses about quantities and their variance or lower and upper bounds.

The classic Fermi problem, generally attributed to Fermi, is “How many piano tuners are there in Chicago?” – Wikipedia

Several simple examples of Aplusclick Fermi problems:

Lightening Strike  

Tennis Balls in a Bus

English Language Words

Demographics

Lady’s Age

Security Control

Classics of Recreational Math

The classical recreational math authors are Lewis Carroll,  Henry Dudley,  Martin Gardner, Sam Loyd, and Yakov Perelman.

This an example of classical math puzzles: http://www.aplusclick.com/k/5423.htm :

(10² + 11² + 12²) – (13² + 14²) = ?

The picture “Mental Count” of Russian painter Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky contains the simple calculation. Image source : Wikipedia

 

Logical Reasoning in Pattern Recognition

A Bongard problem is a kind of puzzle invented by the Soviet computer scientist Michael Bongard (1924–1971) in the mid-1960s. He died in 1971 during a hiking expedition in the Pamir Mountains. The tests played an important role in the disciplines of cognitive psychology and cognitive science. Human logical reasoning has a great advantage over computer intelligence.

Be smart.   Train your brain!

Here several problems similar to the original Bongard problems go:

What is the main difference between the pictures on the left page and on the right page?

A. 

B. 

C. 

Try to solve the problem yourself before looking for the answers  in the A+Click Brainteaser Problems.

 

Logical Reasoning in Pattern Recognition: Train You Brain! from Igor Kokcharov, Ph.D, PMP

 

Harry Foundalis collected hundreds of Bongard problems.