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		polotics on Dec 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How many legs do ten elephants have, if two of the... The correct answer seems to not be discussed much in the comments so far: As we admit the existence of legless elephants, which implies we also admit elephants having between one and four legs, then the total number of legs is anywhere between zero and (ten minus two) times four.

londons_explore on Dec 25, 2023 [–]

Legless is slang for drunk, so the correct answer is 40

polotics on Dec 26, 2023 | [–]

Well no, then the correct answer is anything between zero and fourty depending on whether one wants to recognize slang. Are we closer to AGI if some GPT 5 answers this?

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