Chameleon riddle.

[Lois]

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

[Cobie]

 

Edited Monday 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 Monday 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”

[Lois]

On 21.07.2025 at 9:23 PM, BigSkyDiamond said:

 

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

 

Universal vortices rushing through the expanses of galaxies stir the imagination. Strange structures arising in the hidden corners of the subconscious organize incomprehensible information exchanges with various subjects of the universe. Bereft of rights, they wish to go beyond the confines of their own minds and receive a paradoxical answer. Yellow, fragrant roses, standing next to members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, tell each other fascinating tales about some old man who Counts Recommendations. The characteristic sound accompanying proud silence shines with an inexpressible brilliance. The tsar, preoccupied with swift causes, stirs a dreadful potion prepared from ancient recipes. The prompters prepare poppy. The poppy is distilled, dried, and sent into nowhere. My letter remained unanswered by the elder. The prompters will threaten him. The technique has been tested by toucans. LOCATOR AT THE CIA.

 

Edited Tuesday at 11:04 PM by Lois

[BigSkyDiamond]

The photo image is credited to Grok.

Is the text also from Grok?

 

I actually got something out of reading the text.

Edited Tuesday at 11:35 PM by BigSkyDiamond

[Lois]

27 minutes ago, BigSkyDiamond said:

Is the text also from Grok?

нет

 

Edited Wednesday at 12:03 AM by Lois

[Nungali]

Lois , are you a real person  ?  Have you been to the tennis lately ?     Are you related to 'Mia Zelu '  ?  

[Lois]

12 hours ago, Nungali said:

Lois , are you a real person  ?  Have you been to the tennis lately ?     Are you related to 'Mia Zelu '  ?  

real person 

[Gerard]

On 22/7/2025 at 12:30 AM, Lois said:

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

Kind of like "Schrödinger's Cat" experiment. It depends on what is observed at the time as multiple states  (colours) will exist simultaneously.

 

 

 

[S:C]

On 21.7.2025 at 8:16 PM, Lois said:

One interesting rabbi telepathically told me when I asked him this riddle that the chameleon would become a mirror.

that guy is really keen on talking about that, he also talked about this with me, but i didn’t recognize him as such. In my case he told me the only way out of the mirror palace of the mind were turning the light around and finding the door within, but that might just be another way of saying what he told you. thanks.

 

or was it the other way around, first turn, find then see mirrors only, I don’t know what I’m talking about so I stop. 
 

Edited yesterday at 09:53 PM by S:C