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What is the trick behind the pen riddle where someone holds a pen different ways and says 'if this is a pen and this is a pen and this is a pen' then is this a pen?
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∙ 12y ago
You have to LISTEN carefully. When they say ''If this is a pen, is this a pen", say yes. When they say "Is this a pen?", say no. Then they are going to ask, "But if this is a pen is this a pen?", then you say yes. The 'trick' is that you have to LISTEN carefully. 'If' is the key word.
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