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It's a whole number.
Not 9 though.
As a hint, it's not 1, 2, or 3 either.  |
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He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. A. E.
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All righty thens; what base have you used this time? |
When I was formulating it, I considered making it a binary riddle, but thought it might be too obscure for most. So, it's in base 10. 
Remember everyone, it's a riddle so things are not always as they seem. 
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When I was formulating it, I considered making it a binary riddle, but thought it might be too obscure for most. So, it's in base 10.
Remember everyone, it's a riddle so things are not always as they seem.
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Mmmmm...but as a binary riddle the answer can't be a whole number (unless it's zero  ), by either common definition of "whole number", so by "not always as they seem" you mean a sneaky snake trick.   Turtle down!! 
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That's close, in a way.
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Mmmmm...but as a binary riddle the answer can't be a whole number (unless it's zero ) |
Or 1.
But, like I said, this riddle is in base10.
Well, I'm not sure what exactly a "sneaky snake trick" is but I'll go ahead and say yes.
I looked up the definition of a whole number just to be sure and of course wiki lists 3 different definitions. So, to avoid the semantics, let's just say "integer" instead.
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I still think the answer is -9.
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It seems to me that people tend to prefer to believe what they want to be real or true, despite evidence to the contrary.
When what you believe is refuted by evidence, you are faced with a choice.
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I still think the answer is -9.
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 Sorry, Reason, I must have missed your post in the flurry.
Yes, -9 is the answer. What is assumed to be a hyphen is actually a minus sign.
Kudos!
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Ok Here's one I just conjured up. Good luck.
I come from blue faces in the depths.
In the east they say I came from heaven.
I come in many colors. but only two types.
If you know the nature of me, you should also know me.
What I’m I ?
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I do not know what I seem to the world, but to myself I appear to have been like a boy playing upon the seashore and diverting myself by now and then finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay before me all undiscovered. - Sir Isaac Newton
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stalactites and stalagmites?
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