Peanuts by Charles Schulz for October 03, 1968
October 02, 1968
October 04, 1968
Transcript:
Linus sits at his desk in school and takes a test. He says, "Let's see now . . In a true or false test, the first question is almost always 'True' . . ."<BR><BR> Linus continues, "That means the next one will be false to sort of balance the true one . . The next one will also be false to break the pattern . ."<BR><BR> Linus says, "Then another true and then two more false ones and then three trues in a row . . They always have three trues in a row some place . . . Then another false and another true . . ."<BR><BR> Linus smiles and says, "If you're smart, you can pass a true or false test without being smart!"<BR><BR>
dsukenick almost 11 years ago
Linus breaks the fourth wall.
Nate Wright! almost 3 years ago
why is he talking out loud instead of thinking
kcj over 1 year ago
Lifehack: memorize TFFTFFTTTFT and you will pass any True-False test.
kcj over 1 year ago
A similar pattern-breaking sequence is known as the Thue-Morse sequence (looks suspiciously like True-False sequence). It has a simple recipe: (1) start with T; (2) double the sequence by adding its “negation”, where every T is swapped for F and F for T; (3) repeat step 2.
T F FT FTTF FTTFTTFFT and so on… the sequence never becomes periodic, so it “keeps breaking patterns”. However, it would not work for Linus, who expects three Trues in a row somewhere… there is no TTT or FFF in the Thue-Morse sequence.