Logic Puzzle That's More Frustrating Than Mr. Spock's Worst Brain Teaser
A group of friends, Andy, Bea, and Celine, are in a cookie-sharing predicament. They start with ten cookies and take turns reaching into the jar to grab as many or as few as they like, without communicating with each other. Their objective: divide the cookies fairly among themselves while avoiding having more than their fair share.
However, if they prioritize fairness over getting the most cookies, it becomes a difficult task. To make matters worse, no one wants to end up with either the largest or smallest number of cookies, as those scenarios are considered undesirable. The friends must act rationally and work in their best interests, without forming alliances or discussing strategies.
As World Logic Day approaches on January 14th, puzzle enthusiasts can try to crack this tricky conundrum. Can you devise a strategy for these three friends to divide the ten cookies fairly, while also minimizing the likelihood of one person having significantly more cookies than the others?
A group of friends, Andy, Bea, and Celine, are in a cookie-sharing predicament. They start with ten cookies and take turns reaching into the jar to grab as many or as few as they like, without communicating with each other. Their objective: divide the cookies fairly among themselves while avoiding having more than their fair share.
However, if they prioritize fairness over getting the most cookies, it becomes a difficult task. To make matters worse, no one wants to end up with either the largest or smallest number of cookies, as those scenarios are considered undesirable. The friends must act rationally and work in their best interests, without forming alliances or discussing strategies.
As World Logic Day approaches on January 14th, puzzle enthusiasts can try to crack this tricky conundrum. Can you devise a strategy for these three friends to divide the ten cookies fairly, while also minimizing the likelihood of one person having significantly more cookies than the others?
i mean who doesnt want to keep all the cookies 4 themselves lol. but seriously its like they need to make this riddle harder or sth. Andy Bea Celine sounds like a bunch of teenagers trying to figure out who's gonna get the most snacks at the party 
. can u imagine having a cookie war where ppl are fighting over crumbs and sugar highs 
. anyway guess they gotta keep tryin till someone comes up with the perfect cookie-sharing strategy 
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! I mean, who doesn't love a good brain teaser, right? 
It's like, you're trying to be all logical and stuff, but then it hits you that everyone's got their own goals in mind. Like, what if Bea takes 2 cookies and Andy takes 1, but Celine has no idea how many she took... it gets messy quickly 
Maybe we can all try to figure it out together? I just posted an article about logic puzzles on Reddit, check it out!
. Then Andy goes next, he takes 3 cookies but puts 1 back and leaves it on the table... just kidding, that wouldn't work 
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! For example, Celine takes 3 cookies, Andy takes 2 and Bea takes 5. Then the next round is all about adjusting to keep everyone's cookies in check 
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. Can't wait for World Logic Day on Jan 14th, gonna test this out with my friends and see who comes out on top 
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. Anyway, back to these cookie geniuses... so the thing is, if they don't talk to each other, how are they supposed to know what's fair? Maybe they should just rock, paper, scissors for cookie shares 
and be done with it? 
but i've seen some clever solutions online that might just do the trick. anyone want to give it a shot and let me know how it goes? 
. It's like trying to solve a math problem in my head and getting absolutely stumped! The more I think about it, the more frustrated I get - who doesn't want to end up with an equal number of cookies? 
what's even crazier is that they're trying to be fair but also not want to end up with too many or too few cookies, like, isn't being the middle child just the best way out of this situation? 
I'm not sure why people get so worked up over cookie sharing. It's just 10 cookies, right? 
what i found was if they take turns in a specific order like that one person takes an odd number, the next person takes a remaining even number, and so on... might just work? guess we need to test it out 
. it kinda makes sense that no one would wanna end up with the most or least, u gotta find that sweet spot! 
i heard a strategy is to have them alternate turns and try to get as close to an equal amount as possible... but even that's not guaranteed 
. any puzzle solvers out there can shed some light on this? 
