Posted on 10/29/2014 11:04:06 AM PDT by The Looking Spoon
I don't nomally take email forwards and post them, but this one made me chuckle and is kind of fun... I actually got a couple of them right.
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This test is to ascertain your mental state now. If you get one right you are doing ok, if you get none right you better go for counseling. There are 4 test questions. Don't miss one.
Giraffe Test
1... How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator? Stop and think about it and decide on your answer before you scroll down.
The correct answer: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door.
This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way.
Elephant Test
2... How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?
Did you say, Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the refrigerator? Wrong Answer.
Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door.
This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your previous actions.
Lion King Test
3. The Lion King is hosting an Animal Conference. All the animals attend...except one. Which animal does not attend?
Correct Answer: The Elephant. The elephant is in the refrigerator. You just put him in there.
This tests your memory.
Okay, even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, you still have one more chance to show your true abilities.
Crocodile Test
4... There is a river you must cross but it is used by crocodiles, and you do not have a boat. How do you manage it?
Correct Answer: You jump into the river and swim across.
Haven't you been listening? All the crocodiles are attending the Animal Conference.
This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.
According to Anderson Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of the Retirees they tested got all questions wrong, but many preschoolers got several correct answers.
According to Anderson Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of the Retirees they tested got all questions wrong, but many preschoolers got several correct answers.
Because pre-schoolers think concretely and linearly. Grownups think abtractly and globally.
The people who think this tests anything are not thinking.
When I look at my medicare page they keep reminding me that I haven’t “taken advantage” of depression screening and substance abuse counciling. Hmmm. Now, why would I not take advantage of those? Duh.............
The Lion King is a transvestite? That looks like a Lion Queen or else the king shaved his mane.
I kill the animals and eat them
Second one I said put the giraffe in the fridge -- if you have to make the assumption that the fridge is big enough to hold and elephant, then it's equally logical to make the assumption that it can hold an elephant AND a giraffe simultaneously.
The last two you have to make the assumption that the fridge exercise, animal conference, and river crossing are all happening at the same time.
“The Lion King is a transvestite? That looks like a Lion Queen or else the king shaved his mane. “
Very good catch.
This tells us all we have to know about the test.
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You got them all wrong too? Don’t worry about it.
Yep, the test itself is quite stupid. It is not surprising that they got some ‘correct’ answers from pre-schoolers.
The test is based on excercising a linear correct thinking which might be good for primates, as contrary to less advanced mammals, not to a humans who aren’t dumb enough to skip a size comparison of giraffe, elephant and an average fridge, and also wise enough expect some crocodiles in the river to skip Lion’s conference.
Correct thinking - concrete thinking
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