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John_Maxwell_IV comments on An attempt at a short no-prerequisite test for programming inclination - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 04 July 2013 04:45:18AM 0 points [-]

I see an alternative interpretation for the last question: The final result is (the number that is in the box whose number is the number that is in the box whose number is equal to 2) plus the number that is in box 4. (Might also be good to make a sharper distinction between the indices of the boxes and their contents.)