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eg6stanley

27 Dec 06, 17:51

Many years ago in a small Indian village, A farmer had the misfortune Of owing a large sum of money to a village moneylender. The Moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer's beautiful Daughter. So he proposed a bargain.

He said he would forgo the farmer's debt if he could marry his Daughter. Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified by the Proposal.

So the cunning money-lender suggested that they let Providence decide the matter. He told them that he would put a black Pebble and a white pebble into an empty money bag. Then the girl would Have to pick one pebble from the bag.

1) If she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife and her father's debt would be
forgiven.

2) If she picked the white pebble she need not marry him and her father's debt would still be
forgiven.

3) But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into Jail.

They were standing on a pebble strewn path in the farmer's field. As They talked, the
moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles. As he Picked them up, the sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two Black pebbles and put them into the bag.

He then asked the girl to pick A pebble from the bag.
Now, imagine that you were standing in the field.
What would you have Done if you were the girl?
If you had to advise her, what would you Have told her?

Careful analysis would produce three possibilities:

1. The girl should refuse to take a pebble.

2. The girl should show that there were two black pebbles in the bag
And expose the money-lender as a cheat.

3. The girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice herself in order
To save her father from his debt and imprisonment.

Take a moment to ponder over the story. The above story is used with
The hope that it will make us appreciate the difference between lateral And logical thinking.

The girl's dilemma cannot be solved with Traditional logical thinking.
Think of the consequences if she chooses
The above logical answers.

What would you recommend to the Girl to do?

Well, here is what she did ....

The girl put her hand into the moneybag and drew out a pebble.
Without Looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn path Where it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles.

"Oh, how clumsy of me," she said. "But never mind, if you look into the Bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I Picked."

Since the remaining pebble is black, it must be assumed that she had Picked the white one. And since the money-lender dared not admit his Dishonesty, the girl changed what seemed an impossible situation into An extremely advantageous one.

MORAL OF THE STORY:
Most complex problems do have a solution. It is only that we don't make the conscious effort to think.

sand king

27 Dec 06, 17:55

lol nice!

mhcampboy

27 Dec 06, 17:57

ouhh...

but what happens if the "choosing of the pebble" is done at a place without any pebbles around...say on a concrete ground or something?

Who knows the place is set at the lenders home?

So what happens if tat above happen?

sand king

27 Dec 06, 18:02

Originally posted by mhcampboy:
ouhh...

but what happens if the "choosing of the pebble" is done at a place without any pebbles around...say on a concrete ground or something?

Who knows the place is set at the lenders home?

So what happens if tat above happen?

suck thumb lorh Laughing

OasisBlue

27 Dec 06, 18:16

u reminded me of a story too... its about this guy who was framed and was about to be executed. He was asked to pick out a piece of paper.. there are 2 pieces... one with a "die" word, another with a "live" word. Someone who wanted him to die then somehow put in 2 pieces of paper with the word "die". The smart guy who knew about it then quickly picked out one and immediately swallowed it. Then he asked the officials to find out which he picked by looking at the reminding paper which had the word "live".

laurence82

28 Dec 06, 02:47

Originally posted by mhcampboy:
ouhh...

but what happens if the "choosing of the pebble" is done at a place without any pebbles around...say on a concrete ground or something?

Who knows the place is set at the lenders home?

So what happens if tat above happen?

u missing the point of the story

doofus

Laughing

laurence82

28 Dec 06, 02:48

Originally posted by mhcampboy:
ouhh...

but what happens if the "choosing of the pebble" is done at a place without any pebbles around...say on a concrete ground or something?

Who knows the place is set at the lenders home?

So what happens if tat above happen?

u missing the point of the story

doofus

Laughing

MooKu

28 Dec 06, 02:51

I thought pick the black pebble, marry the old and ugly moneylender... wait for him to die (since he old mah) then inherit his fortune... Embarassed

aku1b0d0

28 Dec 06, 03:06

Originally posted by MooKu:
I thought pick the black pebble, marry the old and ugly moneylender... wait for him to die (since he old mah) then inherit his fortune...

now that's how my mooku thinks Embarassed

laurence82

28 Dec 06, 03:06