A RIDDLE that is confounding social media users contains a woman’s name – and you’d be rare to spot it.
The ship-themed puzzle attracted a number of suggested solutions, many of which missed the mark completely.
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Who is the woman in the boat?
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Social media users are scratching their heads over the sailor’s name
It’s a simple rhyme that makes puzzle solvers tear their hair out.
The riddle reads: “There is a woman in a boat. On a lake in a coat.
“If you want to know her name, it’s in the puzzle I just wrote.
“What’s the woman’s name?”
Do you know the name?
The identity of the adventurer is painfully difficult to determine.
Reacting on social media, one respondent was sure he had the answer.
They said: “Her name is Anita. This may be derived from the phrase ‘Anita boat’ which sounds like ‘I need a boat’.”
Another added that the name must be Teresa, in reference to the opening words “there is.”
A third quipped that her name was ultimately unimportant.
Everyone sees trunks and dry bushes – you have 20/20 vision and a high IQ if you spot a hidden giraffe in 20 seconds
They wrote: “Who cares… She’s clearly enjoying herself.”
The real answer is at the very beginning, and the rest of the puzzle is designed to distract you.
But that’s not Theresa.
The passenger’s name is, rather boringly, “there”.
If you break it down and turn the apostrophe into “is,” it becomes: “There’s a woman in the boat.”
So “there” is the woman in the boat.
How do optical illusions work?
WHAT you see and what you think you see are not always the same.
When you see something, information is sent to your brain.
It then transforms and transforms into your perception.
If the brain doesn’t receive all the information it needs, it will make up for things to fill in the gaps.
It can even involve creating images that aren’t actually there.
Why the brain does this can eventually be traced back to survival.
As humans have evolved, the brain has become adept at gathering some information and filling in others so you can respond quickly to things – presumably threats.
And these days that means you’re prone to optical illusions.
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The whole time the woman’s name was simply “tu”.
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Many offered solutions, and many were wrong
Categories: Optical Illusion
Source: HIS Education