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@dylanhna

2 жыл бұрын

Hmmm why would you make this comment like five years later?

@kappakazii47

2 жыл бұрын

why comment 5 years later 😬

@chiefhiim5253

2 жыл бұрын

Five years later lol

@DoodleNoodle129

2 жыл бұрын

TED-Ed is just irrational, don’t expect their situations to make much sense

@yuni3124

2 жыл бұрын

early hehehe

Unfortunately when you pick 10 humans at random there's gonna be a lot of idiots

@criticalpanda6172

2 жыл бұрын

*only idiots

@gayathrimenon9357

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahah

@stevenhenry3743

2 жыл бұрын

You don't need 10 Godzilla tried to play PICO PARK with 7 randoms but have stroke and fking died

@dede4375

2 жыл бұрын

So true, and I would be one of them : Even after hearing the explanation I know I wouldn't be able to pull it off, AND IT'S LITERALLY A VIDEO WITH DRAWING.

@notesmaker204

2 жыл бұрын

Wait till they picked up some karens.

Imagine everything is going as planned and the last person calculates his colour wrong and everyone dies

@Thethor222

4 жыл бұрын

i think it would be like no more than 5 ppl and they get eaten xD (even with showing this video )

@shadowdsfire

4 жыл бұрын

50% chance

@vismaysriram2757

4 жыл бұрын

@Racoon Gaming omg I laughed so hard at this 🤣🤣

@VishnuPanick

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@mr.sansman5341

4 жыл бұрын

Actually you need at least nine, so one can fail

Even if one person in the group could figure this out, imagine trying to explain this strategy to 9 other average humans in 5 minutes.

@sukhvinderbura1572

11 ай бұрын

That's what I thought 😂😂😂😂

@jasonbig1353

11 ай бұрын

But I immediately understand within seconds.

@davidwestin6345

10 ай бұрын

@@jasonbig1353🤓

@ninelife08

10 ай бұрын

You can explain this in 30 seconds. Its easily understood.

@NylonEpoxy

8 ай бұрын

you trusting society tho? there are lots on incompetent people out there.@@ninelife08

Realistically, the aliens would've also said that they aren't allowed to touch their hats, or otherwise remove them from theirs or each others' heads, to prevent them from just looking at their hats or switching them around.

@leokan9860

3 ай бұрын

That doesn’t change anything at all

Imagine actually coming up with this genius plan and spending the next 5 minutes carefully explaining it to everyone, just for the last person to screw up and cost everyone their lives.

@asdfjkl981

2 жыл бұрын

imagine coming up with this plan and while explaining it you recognize the 2 guys that waited on the exit side of the revolving door at the mall.

@joycekelly5935

2 жыл бұрын

Imagining everyone understanding the plan without starting a petty fight with someone for no reason

@drawnwithlove3499

2 жыл бұрын

I've been in enough group projects to know it at least takes 1 hour to decide who's the 'leader' of the group, another 2 hours to come up with a plan, and there'd at least 2 people who did not listen at all

@finnturner4554

2 жыл бұрын

technically, if that happened, there would be a 50% chance of survival because the first guy had a 50% chance of saying his color.

@samuelsoliday4381

2 жыл бұрын

@Zwei Stern No, he's right. If the last guy messed up, then your survival would depend on whether or not the first guy got his hat correct.

"Now it all comes down to you, in the front of the line." *Curses genetics for making him short*

@awesomesause4836

4 жыл бұрын

No i be middel

@Molowa369

4 жыл бұрын

awesome sauce r/whoooosh

@user-iv4pf8rc5y

4 жыл бұрын

im the shortest 145 at the age of 11

@Emilia-tg4lt

4 жыл бұрын

린제니 I’m 10 and I’m 146 LOL

@user-iv4pf8rc5y

4 жыл бұрын

@@Emilia-tg4lt ye thats what i mean by ' im the shortest '

3:25 Was this whole thing just a setup to call me short? Because you're absolutely correct, and I applaud you for calling me out in such a subtle, yet clever fashion!

@learnenglishhubwow

6 ай бұрын

😂😂

One of the best riddles I have ever seen, Thank you Ted-Ed. Please bring some more videos.

blind person: *exists* the nine other prisoners: yeah we're screwed

@nagapro3693

2 жыл бұрын

Not really.. Keep the blind person in the front. since he doesnt have to see or count the odd even thingy.. He just have to say the color of his hat without doing the math. The rest 9 people still could see... so???

@maicoljaviercabreravasquez1554

2 жыл бұрын

@@nagapro3693 But by the rules, the other nine have to be lucky enough the blind person is the shortest of all.

@TheFinalMB

2 жыл бұрын

@@maicoljaviercabreravasquez1554 Nothing saying you can’t modify the height of members of your party before it starts. Sacrifice 1 persons legs to save everyone.

@coolperson8272

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheFinalMB I mean, you’re not wrong

@sravanthch2879

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheFinalMB uff harsh but that's the best lol

That's really clever. Too bad you'd never be able to get 9 average humans to understand the strategy in under 5 minutes.

@daborshy4089

7 жыл бұрын

What comments are you talking about? Most people who figured it out probably paused it to think about it for a while, so it took more than 5 minutes. And if 9 people out of 8 million viewers instantly grasped the solution, that doesn't mean it would be realistic for a random group of 9 people to figure it out (worse odds than winning the lottery). Not to mention, a handful of people out of 8 million would be above average by definition.

@vhs3760

7 жыл бұрын

nah they don't all have to figure it out for themselves, it just has to be explained to them...like how it has been explained to us, in this five minute video :)

@kkat069

7 жыл бұрын

XD

@kkat069

7 жыл бұрын

well it took him 4 to do this so i am a pretty average person,... im not smart.... but i got it so i think it would work

@passer2by

7 жыл бұрын

That takes a really good lecturer, a marker pen, and a white board.

We did this in special ed class a while ago, and it was quite a traumatizing experience, as my classmates didnt explain it to me and I kept failing everytime, so I went crying in the corner

@economicapple2609

5 ай бұрын

yowch

@JujuBennie

11 күн бұрын

yeowch D:

This can be extended to any amount of colors. Let's say we have three colors red, green and blue. First we assign a value to each red=0, green=1, blue=2. The person starting to guess a color adds up the color values of each hat he sees and takes it modulo 3. For example for a lineup of (r,g,g,r,b,g) the sum would be 1+1+0+2+1=5%3=2, so he says blue. The next one does a similar calculation 1+0+2+1=4%3=1 and subtracts this from what the last person has said, leading to 2-1=1=green and so on. Interestingly, the riddle gets simpler if you use an infinite amount of colors. Again assigning values to them, and for simplicity just consider the values instead of colors. The person starting simply adds up all the values and says the corresponding color. Now the next person does the same and subtracts the result from what the last person said. So for a lineup of (12,2,43,29,1), the first one says 2+43+29+1=75, the second 75-(43+29+1)=2 and so on.

@LordOfNothingreally

8 ай бұрын

If you tried to make me do math like that under that kind of stress I'd just tell the aliens to fucken eat me!

@azrield1

5 ай бұрын

I'm not sure it's working, it's not enough to subtract the sum I see from what the last one said.. example: 0,1,2,1 - the first says 1+2+1=4%3=1. The second sees 2+1=3%3=0 so he says 1-0=1 (good), the next one sees 1 so he says 1-1=0 - wrong! I believe the correct solution is to set a bit: in the first turn it's what the first person says (i.e., (total sum)%3) and then on each turn, the bit is set to: (what the one before last said) minus (what the last person said) So in the above example, the first one says 1, the second has bit=1 and sees 0 so he says 1-0=1. the next one has bit=1-1=0, and sees 1 so he says (0-1)%3=2, the next person has bit (0-2)%3=1 and sees 0 so he says 1-0=1

@kavithaelan

3 ай бұрын

How do we know red is not eight and purple is ten

@nazeemaparker3779

2 ай бұрын

🎉😢😮

@nazeemaparker3779

2 ай бұрын

I❤love you

Me an intellectual: *takes off my hat and looks because it’s not against the rules*

@mike0461

4 жыл бұрын

stole a top comment but add a meme niiiice

@chenjiafan7464

4 жыл бұрын

Heh Heh it’s a top comment? Didn’t see it.

@Charlie-tw3ef

4 жыл бұрын

Stop trying to cover it up

@HanhNguyen-ml5jy

4 жыл бұрын

it right dude

@sonya1157

4 жыл бұрын

CA Drawing///no joke I didn’t see it either not everyone sees the same top comment...

"It all comes down to you" Me: wHiTe

@zahranikpour3886

3 жыл бұрын

If I was ever in that scenario, that would happen

@Niiue

3 жыл бұрын

ummm- *gets erased*

@saymeownow3838

3 жыл бұрын

@Crewmate Zack Mobile What do you MEAN proof? IT'S A JOKE

@saymeownow3838

3 жыл бұрын

@Crewmate Zack Mobile I guess that makes sense, you are a crewmate. Got medbay scan to prove it tho?

@saymeownow3838

3 жыл бұрын

@Crewmate Zack Mobile ok good

This is probably one of my all time favorite Ted Ed riddles!

Adisson Anderson is legitimately one of my favorite people on earth. His voice is the one all of my positive thoughts are set in.

only one serious problem of this riddle : everyone must understand your plan

@eliasheinrich5617

3 жыл бұрын

Well the alien says you have 5 minutes to discuss, so you and your friends can discuss and agree on that plan :)

@june756

3 жыл бұрын

That's why it's a test to see that the whole group is qualified or not.😂

@sanae45

3 жыл бұрын

@@eliasheinrich5617 so why won't the tallest person says all hats colours starting with the first guy?

@joselopez7642

3 жыл бұрын

Odd or Even Private Pyle!!!!

@danieldavid3766

3 жыл бұрын

@@sanae45 They literally said they weren't able to do that.

Teachers would win cause they have eyes in the back of their head

@altagraciacarly6646

3 жыл бұрын

@Jake Adler This comment is golden

@wyvrn1315

3 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment

@lysosome4684

3 жыл бұрын

Epic comment. 😂

@sakshamsinghal5418

3 жыл бұрын

But technically you have to know what colour your hat is not the ppl behind you

@pleaseiamjustadorito4955

3 жыл бұрын

smart

이런 수수께끼들은 항상 다양한 관점에서 생각해 보아야 풀리는 것 같습니다. 정말 생각지도 못한 해답이었네요. 가끔씩 이런 문제들을 풀면 지루한 일상에서 벗어나는 기분이 듭니다. 앞으로도 이런 영상 많이 기대하겠습니다!

@macalisteryoung8830

11 ай бұрын

for the people who don't know he said "These riddles always seem to be solved by thinking from different perspectives. That was a really unexpected answer. Sometimes solving riddles like these makes you feel like escaping from boring life. I look forward to more videos like this in the future!"

@coolestcars1983

10 ай бұрын

@@macalisteryoung8830thx

@cubefromblender

10 ай бұрын

No

@lorenselvaraj963

7 ай бұрын

​@@macalisteryoung8830 There's an option to see translation😂

@Handles_suck444

4 ай бұрын

👍

Wish me luck fellas, I'm going to binge-watch this entire series. Every single riddle. I'll update you all every riddle on how my progress is going. See you on the flipside!

@aena_

2 жыл бұрын

goodluck bro

@helplessnarwhal3722

Жыл бұрын

Nathani(ae idk how to type)l Hue Redman, are you back? Did you complete your journey? It’s been 8 months and your family is worried about you. Come home.

@ButRedman

Жыл бұрын

@@helplessnarwhal3722 I have completed my journey, I just forgot to update lol

@UnknownUser-qf2xz

Жыл бұрын

@@ButRedman bruh

@vivek_02512

11 ай бұрын

​@@ButRedman then update bruv it's been another 9 months

I don’t think anyone noticed but Ted thinks we are short.

@kurootetsurou1038

3 жыл бұрын

Me , a 4'8 : *nervously sweating*

@happynightmares4688

3 жыл бұрын

@@kurootetsurou1038 1'8 dead

@user-wy8bi2hm1h

3 жыл бұрын

@@kurootetsurou1038 how tf you get that small bro 😐

@elixeiichan6408

3 жыл бұрын

@@kurootetsurou1038 Kuroo you're like taller than tsukki and tsukki is taller than 6 ft 😳

@kurootetsurou1038

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-wy8bi2hm1h blame my genes 🤝 i am a cis girl btw

Alternate strategy: Take off your hat and look. It's still allowed via the rules given

@itsonlydanteluv

2 жыл бұрын

thats what i said

@asdfjkl981

2 жыл бұрын

You were not supposed to do that! meme

@6timesbabyyy996

2 жыл бұрын

Big brains See it's guys like the guy making the video that would get everyone killed trying to be clever. Always exploit the rules

@shellrockguy9761

2 жыл бұрын

Huge head, big brain, thicc thinker

@hhgetz

2 жыл бұрын

bill cipher you are smart. i await your return

my comp-sci teacher used to give us this problem when we started the logic module. it takes surprisingly long for a group of 12 year olds to figure out a solution for this.

@amamapapsneo5635

8 ай бұрын

I never found the answer to this riddle by myself lmao, not even when I was 12

"They're not sure if you qualify." O u c h -

@bwaf7310

3 жыл бұрын

Thb they probably saw a Karen yelling at a bird

@vixi6277

3 жыл бұрын

@@bwaf7310 lmao

@CheeseTheWhistle

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not even sure if we qualify! And I'm a human!

@ChrisHinners008

2 жыл бұрын

Me: bro is that a challenge?

@ChrisHinners008

2 жыл бұрын

You just insulted my entire race of people BUT YES

honestly, if this plan was explained to me without any visuals within 5 minutes, i wouldn't even understand it 💀

@veniceomamalin9916

2 жыл бұрын

So ur that one dude that fudges it up

@suella7505

2 жыл бұрын

@@veniceomamalin9916 Me too

@_sinco_clair_2301

2 жыл бұрын

@@veniceomamalin9916 that's what usually happen when you pick 10 humans at random 🤣

@mubashshirmalik2220

2 жыл бұрын

You are not alone😔

@V0XXEN

2 жыл бұрын

Same

I understood it after watching it twice. It was very refreshing when I understood it.

“But their civilisation forbids eating highly logical and cooperative beings” That does not describe humanity at all 💀

@avivastudios2311

21 күн бұрын

😂 True. We're very emotional.

I don't think I could get my dumbass friends to do this correctly lmao.

@Ba12a198

7 жыл бұрын

EggSensei You just have to take off your hat, it's not against the rules if you stay facing forward in line

@MitchBurns

7 жыл бұрын

I agree. Although the strategy is sound, it is pretty unlikely that the people wouldn't screw it up.

@reallyann0yingdin0saur65

7 жыл бұрын

lol same

@moop.3549

7 жыл бұрын

gahaahah yes same

@cj1101

7 жыл бұрын

EggSensei same

"You have 5 minutes to discuss" Me: pull a out phone, shows video

@et496

4 жыл бұрын

King Muddy lol

@amnazar9348

4 жыл бұрын

"lets google it"

@AsifIqbal-qb5fs

4 жыл бұрын

Just in case im gonna download this video

@abbeyscott2321

4 жыл бұрын

@Ashley Playz Data, duh

@yueshijoorya601

4 жыл бұрын

@Ashley Playz Look at the reply immediately above yours.

I saw the solution immediately because I am aware of what computer scientists called a parity bit. It was a way of reducing errors caused by computer hardware. Say you have 8 bits (1s or 0s) to read. The hardware (such as a tape machine) would read the bits and then software would see if the total was even or odd. It would then compare that to a parity bit which had been set based on the correct answer. If the parity bit and the software calculated odd or even were not the same, then it would know there was a reading error.

this is actually nostalgia for me, used to watch this all the time with my older sister and i always remember asking "can we watch the colour riddle again"? (colour riddle as in this riddle). i miss those days damn

I just love how Ted creates a backstory and then goes into detail to make it as logical as possible. E.g the universal translator app

@pikazu2578

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@simplefahrenheit4318

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it is so good 😊😊.

@saikiscoffeejelly6808

3 жыл бұрын

It's similar to infographics

@juliuscesargalanote994

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@phukhangdown

3 жыл бұрын

Ahhhh, the alien's voice at 1:26 is so cute!

"Can you think of a strategy guaranteed to save everyone?" "No, no, I can't."

@limingshang7877

2 жыл бұрын

Me: Ozo

@mercury9641

2 жыл бұрын

@@limingshang7877 underrated

@nicohakobyankinnie

2 жыл бұрын

Ulu

@notoriusbookworm48

2 жыл бұрын

"No, no I don't think I will."

@Mrg33446

2 жыл бұрын

everybody guess their hat, its the only way that we save everybody, but not worth it

i don’t know why but when I watched this video as a kid it made me have trouble sleeping

The first one will say the colr of the second one? Then the second one will either count to three before saying the color (which means he/she sees the following hat with a different folor) or shout the colour immediately (indicating the following hat has the same colour) and so on. Everyone will know the plan and wait for how long the person before them needs to tell the color of the hat

"...Unfortunately, they're not sure you qualify." *ROASTED*

@TheRagscode3

4 жыл бұрын

Seeing how this society is, I understand

@christianali5431

4 жыл бұрын

Fire Bird we let the media tell us that the world is going to end for no other reason than the fact that Donald Trump become president. That’s how “intelligent“ humans are.

@CheeseTheWhistle

3 жыл бұрын

*airhorns*

@CheeseTheWhistle

3 жыл бұрын

@@christianali5431 the same president who told us to inject disinfectants and cleaners into our bloodstream

This is the most ingenious riddle I have ever come across. It makes perfect sense, it's not confusing and the solution would clearly work, but I would never have figured it out, no matter how much I thought about it.

@Parkourist

7 жыл бұрын

+++++++

@thevampirex7726

7 жыл бұрын

if someone is going to kill you then you will be able to figure it out.

@p4n1c1t3

7 жыл бұрын

Except for the fact that it's not agaisnt the rules to take off your hat and look at it.

@buzzlightyearpfp7641

7 жыл бұрын

I have a easy answer. tell the tallest person to signal the second tallers persons hat color by, if the second tallest persons color was white, the tallest person would say white. and it goes all the way to shortest.

@hatkinson9026

7 жыл бұрын

Alex Qwertyuiop but you can only have 1 wrong guess so your strategy wouldn't work

You have to love Ted-Ed's riddles.

this channel is my love

Everyone: **uses the logic and remembers and gets their color right* that one person: purple, haha get it **everyone gets eaten**

@icardian

5 жыл бұрын

Dan the Intellectual 1:09

@keirafay4969

5 жыл бұрын

Hedwig HEDWIG OMG YOU’RE ALIVE

@mightyslime4120

5 жыл бұрын

Six six six likes

@brownfamily1892

5 жыл бұрын

ATLEAST NINE CORRECT, remember?

@blueberrysponge42

5 жыл бұрын

Bohbo still, there’s a 50% chance that the first person was wrong.

The aliens never said I couldn't take my hat off and look at it. Seems FAR easier than the explanation given in the video ;)

@puritech1609

8 жыл бұрын

+Pseudo Lain But they have to demonstrate that they are highly logical and co-operative to not be eaten lol The point is to not get eaten by aliens not find loopholes in their rules :p

@NoConsequenc3

8 жыл бұрын

Puri Tech Nah man, they said I needed to pass the test to prove I was highly logical and co-operative. They didn't say I had to solve the test USING those characteristics.

@puritech1609

8 жыл бұрын

Pseudo Lain Tell that to the hungry aliens hahah

@cittrangenericlastname8616

8 жыл бұрын

+Pseudo Lain It really is. And that works for *any* color hat.

@jacobjester5348

8 жыл бұрын

+Pseudo Lain Yes, very

Tell the aliens they have green eyes, this will give you more more time to escape without them looking.

@ForcesofRandomness

9 ай бұрын

Omg lol

@juicygames500

9 ай бұрын

LOL

It took me years of rewatching the video to understand why this worked

3:08 she looked behind her, EAT HER!!!

@someone-bn7lx

4 жыл бұрын

The Moland snitchhhh

@bugfairy

4 жыл бұрын

SHUSH

@kaitlyncarroll8320

4 жыл бұрын

shush

@papismalllegs8473

4 жыл бұрын

FEASSTTTT

@kyraancone1014

4 жыл бұрын

NOM NOM NOM

this would work in theory, but of course there would be one or two people who aren't quite as bright as the rest of the group who would get confused and answer incorrectly

@matteobravo2149

7 жыл бұрын

squidkid true

@Fall_Bondler

7 жыл бұрын

Do you know Splatoon?

@IVUSER

7 жыл бұрын

Lol such a relevant question

@JoaoPauloSouzaSoaresDeveloper

7 жыл бұрын

This is not necessarily true. Not all people need to reach the answer, just one and this one explains to the others. The thing is how 10 people would organize themselves to get to the answer in 5 minutes. I think 5 minutes is not that long when your life is in risk. These alians are mean. Haha.

@mayrahernandez9372

7 жыл бұрын

João Paulo Souza Soares pi

this is the only one of these riddles that i’ve ever solved

I’m grabbing that prison ray away from the first alien that tries to put a hat on my head

I get the riddle. It's smart. But can't help but not trust it since the odds of those 9 other people with me being morons are much higher.

@jakesmjcammell

8 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that bugged me too. It'd take waaay more than 5 minutes to explain this to Joe average. One fuckwit and the chain is broken.

@_lithp

8 жыл бұрын

+Kamel, K My thought's exactly. Some of them look like children too.

@georgecataloni4720

8 жыл бұрын

I guess humans aren't smart enough to avoid being alien chow.

@sabaca304

8 жыл бұрын

+Kamel, K Perhaps Humans aren't "highly logical and cooperative beings" then, wich is sadly true. Also refering to everyone in this excact thread.

@mayurdawani9486

8 жыл бұрын

+Kamel, K that was exactly what what I was thinking. (Muh ki baat sheen lee-----A Hindi Proverb for that)

Plot twist: Everyone is from a different part of the world and doesent speak the same language and we die since we cant understand each other

@hookedonphones1681

4 жыл бұрын

1st in Line: “Blanca” Me: Okay I didn’t know Blanca was in our line but that doesn’t tell me the color

@meowkitten1656

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@nitishasharma9884

3 жыл бұрын

@Mystic mist2 they can use the universal translator app😉 plot hole in the plot twist

@falcon-vx3cc

3 жыл бұрын

@@Whos_Sophie111 They had 5 minutes to discuss and come up with a plan

@falcon-vx3cc

3 жыл бұрын

@@Whos_Sophie111 There was no line then and they could have said anything and used the app

I love how everyone in a Ted Ed Riddle is the most logical person on earth.

This was the riddle that led me to discover Ted-ed

There’s absolutely no way a group of random people would accomplish this even if you explained the strategy

@mrinalkrgupta8177

Жыл бұрын

when the question is of life and death, random people be "a friend from another land"

@girlcatlove5869

Жыл бұрын

It a riddle😂

@jasperdeboer3257

Жыл бұрын

Yeah the second guy fucks up and everyone dies

@UnknownString88

11 ай бұрын

Depends where these people were taken from

@adamlimalia

11 ай бұрын

Muslims could

Then someone is sick and coughs and the aliens assume it's signaling and everyone dies. Edit: I've gotten 15 replies about Corona already, y'all ain't original.

@namjoonstiddies1373

4 жыл бұрын

LOL

@ipotatosenpai7002

4 жыл бұрын

@@namjoonstiddies1373 army??? Wait WTF no your username O_O

@CreatureCal

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe the aliens don’t want to eat sick people to prevent infection.

@kokorondeficit

4 жыл бұрын

666th like :3

@redactedgamer1975

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahaha No only that one guy coughed

This is still the only Ted-Ed riddle I completely understand

People would die no matter what because there's always someone who just doesn't get it. Anyone who's ever tried to explain simple directions to more than a few people understands the frustration. 😂 I would try to reason with the Aliens first and say, "Look I have this awesome idea....but can I have a couple of practice rounds first so that I can thoroughly explain this and make sure everyone gets it? Or you can just eat me to put me out of my misery and just let everyone else go." 🤷🏽‍♀️😂

I wanna see the cows try and complete this test

@youtubeidiot6682

7 жыл бұрын

They'd do better

@eggrollsoup

6 жыл бұрын

KZread Idiot they'd do better at feeding the aliens

@matthewgoodman7588

6 жыл бұрын

Moo

@graceding3516

6 жыл бұрын

Search up: Aliens eating beef. That's basically it.

@catbot3116

6 жыл бұрын

Moo

Thanks TED-Ed, I now know what to do when I have to prove my logic to human-eating aliens! :D

@someguy7869

8 жыл бұрын

+Demoman I'll notafiy your next of kin, that your smart!!! lel

@AmateurAsh94

8 жыл бұрын

+Ronnie “Madolite” Solbakken Um don't think that would be a problem. The narrator claims the solution works for any combination of hats. As far as I'm aware, it's consistent across the board. Please explain.

@FireCalvinMaster

8 жыл бұрын

+Demoman Never mind, that. The aliens just went for a beer run. I mean, huddah huddah and all that pyro stuff. I'm not a robot.

@BasilOmoriFan

8 жыл бұрын

WE ARE IN THE BEAM

@Tiguiso

8 жыл бұрын

+Demoman we are in the beam

"Now, it all comes down to you, at the front of the line" *are you calling me short?!?*

That was brilliant. I got it wrong. Good puzzle!

3:07 She hasn't been killed for looking behind

@Jaojao_puzzlesolver

5 жыл бұрын

Well, it was a supposed situation in discuss lol

@nikhilvasanth6236

5 жыл бұрын

She did no look.She listened

@mammothmoth8967

5 жыл бұрын

@@nikhilvasanth6236 she moved her eyes

@guilhermesantana8957

5 жыл бұрын

I think she just saw a fly, so the aliens didn't care

@cobcorn8749

5 жыл бұрын

@@mammothmoth8967 Yeah her cartoon head allowed her cartoon eyes to move to the side of her cartoon head to look behind her without having to move her cartoon head

0:48 Silly aliens, why would they turn the humans to ash if they misbehave, it means no more lunch. Who’s highly logical now?

@Star-nl5id

6 жыл бұрын

james thompson. They may only eat ash

@thaibinhnguyen3487

5 жыл бұрын

this not ash.this is grilled meat balls haha

@JamesThompson-zu3bq

5 жыл бұрын

Nolan Chojnacki, 1:19 they have a knife and fork, doubt that’s good for eating ash

@JD-iv9ol

5 жыл бұрын

@@JamesThompson-zu3bq its not a fork its a quad spoon

@helenvistan3331

5 жыл бұрын

james thompson well, they still aren’t sure if humans are highly logical.

Nice explanation. Helped alot

It took me a little more than five minutes, but I got there...love this stuff.

@MCart1215

4 ай бұрын

I'm doing one of these every day. I'm on day 2, did the 3 gods one, which was awful, but I found a 'solution' (barely) which meant 66% chance of survival. I got this one right and the feeling is borderline euphoric, I feel unstoppable

Prisoner 10 sees no hats, so he answers blue. Everyone died. Don’t be prisoner 10.

@dylanspence2749

2 жыл бұрын

What?

@Ro_Gaming

2 жыл бұрын

What?

@fabo.5040

2 жыл бұрын

What?

@nazmmetin1862

2 жыл бұрын

Prisoner 10 seems sus

@joycekelly5935

2 жыл бұрын

And if you are prisoner 10 just grow taller to become prisoner 9 it's just that simple

If only humans were this good at understanding plans

@mydogsfacelookslikeastockp8275

5 жыл бұрын

Try to explain plans without screaming, it works wonders

@semonerobinson8903

5 жыл бұрын

Only with intelligent people.

@ChroniclesOfArt

5 жыл бұрын

@@nicaangelierugas2828 I want to know how,,

100% going to warp this concept for my dnd game

This works perfectly but is quite complex to explain without pen and paper to draw on. An easier solution would be for person number 10 to say the colour of that hat in front of them, that person then has two options, if the person in front of them has a matching hat they say it as fast as they can, if the person in front of them has a different coloured hat they count to 30 before saying their own colour. This still provides 100% chance for the front nine people, but is much easier to understand without a drawing. Going for the easier option is also a highly logical choice to make, still fulfilling the condition.

@damienroberts934

11 ай бұрын

nice one!

Why am I subconsciously thinking this is at any point in my life gonna be a useful strategy? Like im gonna be in a saw movie at some point or something

@thdude1873

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@bluemonk9480

2 жыл бұрын

This specific scenario might not be useful, but I believe this sort of thinking is quite useful in discrete mathematics and programming problems. Minimising the amount of information it takes to solve a problem is super useful for optimising machine run times. You'd be surprised

@multiverseman4017

2 жыл бұрын

Saw 10: Aliens (Crossover)

@hshsnshhs7382

2 жыл бұрын

Well atleast now your covered.

@xakirax_8864

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao this is the way I think too

one clumsy person like me...and you all are on alien buffet

I’m actually pretty happy I got the answer!

Thanks for making this less than 5 minutes so you can explain this to them, I wasn’t going to do a good enough job. 😅

I'd be the one idiot to screw it up

@EnchantingEden

6 жыл бұрын

sameee HAHAHAHAHA

@jenniferl2191

6 жыл бұрын

Fangirl FiftySix ™ same

@starwise10aj15

6 жыл бұрын

Me too

@jameschan8152

6 жыл бұрын

Bryna Young then just hope you're the tallest.

@nomo884

6 жыл бұрын

James Chan

“You at the front of the line” Yo forget the puzzle is he calling me short!???!!

@mathguy37

2 жыл бұрын

He's calling one of the yous in a puzzle universe in this multiverse or a different one short

@fictionfan0

2 жыл бұрын

Are you, though?

This was the biggest mystery in elementary school and teacher never revealed the answer. Here I am 9 years later again

i had watched this video back when i was in 8th grade(2018) now pursuing computer engineering yesterday i took a class of logic design and computer architecture and saw error detection and parity come up(ps:i vaguely remember 'parity' come up in this video) immediately back to this video and now i understand what a 8th grade me could hardly grasp yayayay look at how it all connects

@sagarharsora608

7 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/pmify9ttdNbeZbw.html&ab_channel=ALLABOUTELECTRONICS this was the module for parity

Before finding the answer: " Omg! this is impossible! " After finding the answer: "Omg! It was so easy! i am so stupeed!"

@ProdbyHuskije

8 жыл бұрын

You're gonna be eaten

@NecrisPC

8 жыл бұрын

+Uber Megustador Si aici te vad :)) ? Still doesn't sound easy to me. :D

@juanfelipemartinez4268

8 жыл бұрын

Is not correct just saying the color of the hat of the person in front you and the memorize all?

@NecrisPC

8 жыл бұрын

Juan Felipe Martínez No because you have to say the color of your own hat corectly and that may differ from the one in front of you.

@MarkLucasProductions

8 жыл бұрын

+Juan Felipe Martínez What? !!

"our society forbids eating logical and co-operative creatures, but if you try to communicate with each other the colour of your hats, thus proving you are logical and co-operative, we will eat you" makes sense

@majesthijmenii1976

3 жыл бұрын

Won't* eat you

@dagnytheartist

2 жыл бұрын

@@majesthijmenii1976 No, they will eat you, because they said that the rules were you're not allowed to use any phonetics code or make noises to indicate what color other people's hats are.

@PtylerBeats

2 жыл бұрын

@@dagnytheartist that’s what I was thinking from the very beginning. I thought the entire point was that we couldn’t relay information. So if they watched the planning happen, they would know what the first guess means, and the humans would lose the puzzle.

@camille8010

2 жыл бұрын

don't argue alien logic, they'll eat you XD

@bradturuma7886

2 жыл бұрын

@MalcolmCooks they had 5 minutes to discuss of a plan before starting the riddle lol

By the thumbnail I thought you had to figure out why which one had which colored hat, after a good five minutes of stareing at it, ITS IN THE NOSE

Upload more riddles please

if this was done with real people at least one of them would guess their hat was blue.

@owenbergman1203

7 жыл бұрын

yeah or they all speak different languages

@user-wc5ff4xp5g

7 жыл бұрын

bout2freek yeah just to troll or kms

@harveydent-

7 жыл бұрын

bout2freek Way to copy the top comment

@judyhopps9657

7 жыл бұрын

And then the dumb troller would get everyone and themselves eaten. And become a dead insult to human civilization.

@judyhopps9657

7 жыл бұрын

+Judy Hopps I'm so happy to na an animal XD

Anybody come back here every year or so just to remind themselves of the solution... Just in case?

@narindersinghbobby6755

3 жыл бұрын

Me

@tay4evs

3 жыл бұрын

Y E S

@willowsparks8965

3 жыл бұрын

JUST IN CASE I GET ABDUCTED

@normanyyy2253

3 жыл бұрын

ayyy same

@hourofberries

3 жыл бұрын

Ofc, you never know when you might get kidnapped by aliens and forced to stand in a line with hats and guess what color it is

“Quick, What do we do?!” “No idea…”

i remember watching this when i was 7 as one of the first youtube videos i'd ever watched, first time being exposed to youtube, and i was in my parent's room since they were both gone that weekend, (i was home with my siblings and grandma) and i was alone. somehow, i was terrified after watching this, so it's kind of nostalgic rewatching this 6 years later

See how being short sucks.

@peneasteca597

6 жыл бұрын

using that strategy, the only guy that could die.is the tallest one

@toprak3479

6 жыл бұрын

+pene asteca No. The if / else of this situation is this: If 10 or 9 guess correctly, then they all live. Else (8 or less guess correctly) they all die.

@linhtooaung-lin5082

6 жыл бұрын

Billy Clinky, I am the shortest person in class and I am already in 7th grade, I am super real short

Step 1: confirm you have green eyes. Step 2: ask the aliens to leave

@latipahmowlani7795

4 жыл бұрын

Nice reference

@misterbrick4276

4 жыл бұрын

....😶

@mepnet

4 жыл бұрын

I get it

@yes-fc5lg

4 жыл бұрын

I love that riddle!!

@reiniar

4 жыл бұрын

Haha good job! Nice reference!

At 1:59 you introduced the criteria, after the pause. We had -information?

There are for sure several ways to get this correct

@lakshya4876

Ай бұрын

No

Highly logical and cooperative, huh? Can anyone see this actually working out?

@MegaFPVFlyer

8 жыл бұрын

+RequiemInnocence (レクイエムイノセンス) Was that irony intentional?

@starblaze5813

8 жыл бұрын

+RequiemInnocence (レクイエムイノセンス) Well when people kind of want to stay alive and not get eaten....

@EternityGray

8 жыл бұрын

+Nieve Andrea darn, you're making my game far too easy

@starblaze5813

8 жыл бұрын

Nieve Andrea Aliens can be advanced and still want to eat dead flesh....? We're mildly advanced and we still eat dead flesh.

@EternityGray

8 жыл бұрын

Star Blaze I wonder if she'd prefer living flesh.

I'm the short one who forgets the plan and kills everyone.

@lei916

6 жыл бұрын

Tracy Xu same

@nguyen7833

5 жыл бұрын

But the tallest one was correct and everyone is save !

@carealoo744

5 жыл бұрын

Well, there's still the chance, the guy at the back will, by pure chance, guess his own color correctly, thus allowing you to have 1 wrong answer.

@thebluegaming7706

5 жыл бұрын

Hehehehe

@sonicmastersword8080

5 жыл бұрын

carealoo744 Unless you are the last one and the first one gets it right, you will convey the wrong information and thus cause everyone to guess wrong.

Plot twist: the cow in the end was worthier than everyone else and all humans were eaten anyway.

I came up with another plan. Let me name the prisoners p1 to p10, p1 being the tallest and p10 being the shortest. P1 obviously can’t guess his hat colour. So he just says the colour of p2. Now p2 knows his colour. The strategy is, if p3 has the same color as p2, p2 just immediately says the color of his hat. Since the answer was immediate p3 knows that he’s wearing the same colour. But if p2 sees that p3 is wearing a different colour, he says his hat color after a long pause of 5 minutes. The pause meant that p2 and p3 aren’t wearing the same colour. So simple terms, P1 tells the color of p2 P2 now knows his colour If p3 is the same colour, he immediately says his colour If not, he takes a long pause of 5 minutes before he says his own color By paying attention to the timing p3 knows if his hat color is the same as p2’s

@Luis_Felipe_

3 ай бұрын

Tu estrategia es la mas sencilla de entenser y efectiva de aplicar. Lo unico que podria pasar es que los alienigenas se den cuenta de tu estrategia al notar que algunos responden rapido y otros lento *PERO* no estan incumpliendo ninguna regla (la regla dice que no puedes decir otra palabra o modificar la voz) asi que no pasa nada malo. En resumen, esta es la mejor estrategia 👍🏼 Psd: ¿puedes decirme que opinas de la estrategia que puse recientemente en la caja de comentarios?

-Placed in a single file line facing forward in size order -Able to see everyone in front of you -May not: - Step out of line - Look behind you -Have either black or white hat assigned randomly -Must determine said color of high moving from back to front -No signaling whatsoever -Must have at least 9 correct. Using these requirements, you could simply just take your hat off and look at the color. It's not against the rules, and a guaranteed 10 correct.

@therizzle8327

7 жыл бұрын

Smartass.

@ilnec

7 жыл бұрын

Irene Ortiz Thank you :)

@graceface4624

7 жыл бұрын

That's what I though too, glad someone else thinks the same

@oogabooga6304

7 жыл бұрын

THATS WHAT I WAS THINKING

@jeanjamero7424

7 жыл бұрын

The alien said "guess" so they are not supposed to look of their hats they should guess it.

My Answer, before the answer is shown is that the person in the back (who guesses first) takes a while to give his answer if the person in front of him has a black hat. If the hat is white, he says his answer quickly. The next person down the line then knows if his hat is black or white, (lets say its white). So now he will take a while to give his answer, still saying (white) if the person in front of him is wearing a black hat, or quickly if he is wearing a white hat.

@MrCriticalSix

7 жыл бұрын

Welp the answer works too... i guess mine was a bit more simple.

@ThunderK01

7 жыл бұрын

Nope, it says you can't use vocal systems to win or else you're all eaten....

@MrCriticalSix

7 жыл бұрын

+Roy is a weirdo that's like saying time is of no essence here. Everyone will speak their choice at a different rate, give the code enough time to buffer for someone to choose their choice and it should be no problem. everyone will know their answer quickly and it takes less brain work to do this, so this should be less of an issue than the counting the hats method.

@gigimunky2062

7 жыл бұрын

Pretty good idea

@moohypunter6177

7 жыл бұрын

+Herbert Smith pretty dam smart

my god so proud of myself. immediately got the answers... i've been doing ted ed quizzes for way too long lol

I love how realistic this is. I would be at the front XD

Just grab your hat without looking back, the alien never said that you couldn't do that. Works every time.

@totalweirdo8538

7 жыл бұрын

CookieFia You, you, you have experience in these matters?

@grabern

7 жыл бұрын

Stop copying my comments smeghead.

@raph2550

7 жыл бұрын

Giving the precise rules given, that would be absolutely logical

@pickopeko2838

7 жыл бұрын

Raphaël Tran 1:02 nope, he said Guess you can't guess by already knowing the answer

@asren411

7 жыл бұрын

but some will know with certainty which color their hat is with the solution given in the video, so they arent guessing either

I think in a real scenario like this, there'd be people that just refuse to cooperate. Rather than talk logically, there'd be a frenzy of crying, arguing, or just people refusing to play along because of stubbornness, and "why does this have to happen to me?" kind of thinking. There's no selflessness, nor calmness, nor logic in the average person's way of thinking. Likely, they'd all die because the actual smart people in the group who would have thought of a solution would actually be too busy trying to calm the people freaking out, and trying to get the stubborn, defensive people to cooperate. And so everyone would die. This is why I'd rather take my chances in a single-person challenge than have to deal with other people in a scenario like this.

@MCbadass7

8 жыл бұрын

+SirSaxamaphone Not saying this isn't a neat puzzle. I enjoyed this. I'm just saying it's more likely to be paired with non-cooperative morons who refuse to understand and choose to panic, than actual logical thinkers.

@NickRoman

8 жыл бұрын

+SirSaxamaphone well sure, it said that at least 9 people have to get the correct answer. The more people who have to cooperate and get the right answer, the worse the situation is. What if they said that only 1 person has to get it right? Then of course you'd want as many people as possible. So, it depends on what kind of question is being asked or what the challenge is. But you're right that people would sometimes rather be stubborn and destroy all life rather than cooperate. That might be what happens in real life eventually.

@someaccount3438

8 жыл бұрын

+SirSaxamaphone Agreed.

@GenericInternetter

8 жыл бұрын

+SirSaxamaphone you just described exactly what i think of the human race

@tyraelarchangel183

8 жыл бұрын

+betatalk357 When he said single person challenge, i don't think he specifically meant this one. Obviously this is a biased challenge in the way that it CAN be logically won with 2 or more people (assuming you still get 1 chance to be wrong about a hat color like in the video). Obviously if they asked just one person to guess the color of their hat it literally would be a guess, with no prior information, or ability to deduce the color via logic. The main point SirSaxamaphone was trying to make is the fact that this situation wouldn't even happen, because once the 5 minute timer started ticking half of the randomly selected people would be freaking out. Crying about why they're here, why me, etc. Ever watched the SAW movies? It would basically be like that. And if even ONE person cannot follow this logic to make the plan work, you're all eaten (unless they get a lucky guess). Even worse if the tallest is one freaking out since the entirety of every ones guesses hinge on that information.

Oh my god, awesome, yet so complicated.

Just tell the aliens that at least one of them has green eyes