A blind man is alone on a deserted island. He has two blue pills and two red pills. He must take exactly one red pill and one blue pill or he will die. How does he do it?
The man can take two out of the four pills and put them in his mouth. He puts the other two in his pocket.The man doesn't swallow any of the pills. He puts them in his mouth, then takes them out and place them between the tips of his thumb and index finger of each of his hands.Both the pills are now drenched in saliva. A red pill will dry faster than a blue pill. The difference will be enough for the blind man to easily detect.If both pills take equal amount of time to dry, it means the man has either both red pills or both blue pills on his hands. So he takes one pill from his either of his hands and other one from his pocket. That way he will have one blue and one red pill.If one pill dries faster than the other, it means the man has one blue and one red on each of his hands. So he can take both pills from his hands.Notes:I have assumed that the pills have a very slow dissolution rate. Of course, splitting a pill is out of question too.Without light, the only possible way to differentiate colors is heat. The man is blind so he can't sense light. He can sense heat, but not on that a narrow scale. Red absorbs more heat than blue. But detecting that directly, just by touch is very hard, because the man's body will also be exposed to the same ambient temperature. So the temperature difference will not be enough to give the man a substantial heat current when he touches the pills. The same will not be the case with wetness, because in that case you are anticipating time difference, between two sensations of dryness, which would be strong enough to make a reasonable guess of the colour of the pills.Instead of putting them in his mouth, the man can drench the pills in seawater too. But that may not be hygienic.Peace.
Why would a guy act like he has a crush on you one day, almost ignore you the next, and flip back and forth between those all the time?
In my opinion, when this happens, it is because of one reason or another.This person is playing games with you and is manipulative. They are screwing with your emotions and want some kind of reaction out of you. By being friendly one day and then ignoring you the next, you are left constantly wondering where you stand with this person, meaning that they are always on your mind. This is what they want.OR:This person has a crush on you and they have good intentions. However, because they aren't sure how you feel about them, their interactions with you are a bit all over the place. They might be a shy person and overthink things, especially if they like you. If they’re very friendly to you one day, they might worry that they've come across as too clingy or too desperate. So, the next day they completely back off (which you perceive as them ignoring you, even though they don't mean it).I admit that I have acted this way towards my crush - I'm a very shy person and never want to look too eager or keen if I have romantic feelings for someone. I’ve never intentionally ignored my crush, and if she has ever though this, the truth is that I've simply been too nervous to talk to her, or I've backed off and avoided her because I'm not sure how she feels about me. Pathetic of me, I know!So, ultimately, you need to observe the situation and reflect on the type of person you are dealing with. Reflect on their personality. Are they the type who play mind games? Are they looking for an ego-boost? Or, are they a genuine person with good intentions? If so, perhaps they do not at all mean to ignore you.
Why do people choose to have dreadlocks? I'm interested in white people who choose them, since it's not a part of any common cultural traditions I am aware of among white people.What do you like about how they look or feel, or what they mean?
actually, thats a common misconception that dreadlocks are not part of every culturealso white is a color, not a culture.. more akin to race then culture, and there are thousands of cultures that not only wore dreadlocks historically, but cultures cross racial devidesnow the most over simplified answers are:1: dreadlocks are the natural state of all hair and growing dreadlocks alows you to feel like the most natural human being you are.2: dreads are spiritual and part of 99% of all the worlds religions and spiritual practices.3 dreadlocks are freedom from vanity and societal expectations4: since all hair is a constant struggle to prevent dreads (theres a billion dollar industry just in preventing hair from dreading) many people just give in cause its so much easier to just let your hair be as it wants to be5: every culture has worn dreads, from celts to vikings to native american tribes to arabs in the dessert and ofcourse the sadhus in india6: many ‘whites” as you say grow dreads for biblical reasons like the nazarite vow which spans both christianity and juduasm, and is very similar to the reasons many rastafarians dread.point is humans had dreadlocks long long before there was a such thing as culture.. before there was a such thing as society or civilizationdreadlocks arent about culture race, or why each individual wears them its about how they make you feel wich is personal to everyonetheres alot of discussions about why people dread here History-And-Religious-Significance - Dreadlocks Forums
What are some tips on writing a time travel novel?
If this is a period piece:There are now sourcebooks for many periods of time written by people for the role playing world. If you want a particular time period you may find someone has already done the research for you.These may include prices of everyday objects and so on.You also may want to look at ephemera from the time if the time period had such. Pamphlets, magazines, flyers, and so on.There are also books that tell an average person’s life in Medieval times or Roman times and so on.Gonna skip around a lot? You probably won’t need to research as much of a specific time period. At that point you may want to look at a timeline book from history.Let’s say you want to set your story in 1491, with Columbus about to embark to the New World. Contemporaries might include Macchiavelli, Da Vinci, Paccioli, but Magellen would only be 11 years old. And you wouldn’t have Shakespeare appearing at all unless he’s time traveling as well.A timeline book or website can help with sorting some of the details out.If this is a paradox piece:Chart the back and forth as well as you can.Watch some paradox films to get some practice.Read the tvtropes pages related to time travel.