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Subject: Re: Einstein's Riddle
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Steve Graham wrote:
> 
> Who would be interested in using his/her brain (and his computer) to solve
> the following?
> 
> Steve Graham
> 
> ===
> 
> Einstein's Riddle
> 
> Albert Einstein wrote this riddle this century [ed. 20th century].  He said
> 98% of the world could not solve it.
> 
....

I can't speak for others, but this isn't much of a puzzle, and belongs to a 
category of puzzles that appear in low quality monthly puzzle magazines. The
highest quality puzzles of this type used to appear regularly in Games Magazine, 
but I gave up reading that when Will Shortz departed for the Times Crosswords
about a decade ago.

I have nothing against puzzles, but it does strike me as being _very_ important
to draw the line at only those of particular interest or of the highest quality. 
Mediochre puzzles are of _no_ interest to me, and do not accomplish what the last 
round associated with the `New Scientist' did, namely expose lots of different and 
contrasted technique.