Chameleon riddle.

[Lois]

What color will a chameleon turn if it is placed in a mirrored illuminated cube?

[Cobie]

 

Edited yesterday at 05:00 PM by Cobie

[BigSkyDiamond]

2 hours ago, Lois said:

What color will a chameleon turn if it is placed in a mirrored illuminated cube?

 

" It changes its color depending on how it interprets the context. A chameleon changes color out of a fright response so it all depends on its emotional state,.  It might be frightened by its image at first, but then later 'warm up' to it, and so change colors."

 

"The scientists understood the riddle for the archetypal case of adaptive feedback it was. Their answers ranged over the map. See examples" and actual experiment.

 

more at these two articles
The Chameleon in a Mirrored Box

Scientist responses and experiment

[Lois]

41 minutes ago, BigSkyDiamond said:

more at these two articles

 

Thank you, quite interesting. I read a long time ago that one scientist did this experiment and the chameleon died from stress. Look at this joke .  One interesting rabbi telepathically told me when I asked him this riddle that the chameleon would become a mirror. I think this is a brilliant answer.

 

https://ottyg.narod.ru/bog_djavol_shakhmaty1.html  

What did you see there?

[BigSkyDiamond]

1 hour ago, Lois said:

What did you see there?

 

I learned that "shakhmaty" is the (transliteration of ) Russian word for chess.

 

Edited yesterday at 07:34 PM by BigSkyDiamond

[Cobie]

 

19 minutes ago, BigSkyDiamond said:

I learned that "shakhmaty" is the (transliteration of ) Russian word for chess.

righto, might be why we say “checkmate”