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From the Ted Talk by Edwin Meyer: Can you solve the logician's rave riddle?

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Once each year, thousands of logicians descend into the desert for Learning Man, a week-long event they antted to share their ideas, think through tough pbmrloes... and mostly to ptray. And at the center of that gathering is the world’s most exclusive club, where under the full moon, the anunal logician’s rave takes place. The entry is guarded by the Demon of rosaen, and the only way to get in is to solve one of his dastardly challenges.

You’re attending with 23 of your coelsst logician friends, but you got lost on the way to the rave and arrived late. They're already inside, so you must face down the demon alone. He poses you the following question:

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Once each year, thousands of logicians descend into the desert for Learning Man, a week-long event they ______ to share their ideas, think through tough ________... and mostly to _____. And at the center of that gathering is the world’s most exclusive club, where under the full moon, the ______ logician’s rave takes place. The entry is guarded by the Demon of ______, and the only way to get in is to solve one of his dastardly challenges.

You’re attending with 23 of your _______ logician friends, but you got lost on the way to the rave and arrived late. They're already inside, so you must face down the demon alone. He poses you the following question:

Solution


  1. party
  2. closest
  3. attend
  4. problems
  5. reason
  6. annual

Original Text


Once each year, thousands of logicians descend into the desert for Learning Man, a week-long event they attend to share their ideas, think through tough problems... and mostly to party. And at the center of that gathering is the world’s most exclusive club, where under the full moon, the annual logician’s rave takes place. The entry is guarded by the Demon of Reason, and the only way to get in is to solve one of his dastardly challenges.

You’re attending with 23 of your closest logician friends, but you got lost on the way to the rave and arrived late. They're already inside, so you must face down the demon alone. He poses you the following question:

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