Where Did I Find Gokul Last Night? A Physics Forum Search Adventure

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around a puzzle involving the whereabouts of a user named Gokul on a forum. Participants are trying to deduce the sequence of conversations and the forums mentioned based on a set of clues. The scope includes logical reasoning and problem-solving related to forum navigation.

Discussion Character

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  • Debate/contested
  • Mathematical reasoning

Main Points Raised

  • One participant recounts their attempts to locate Gokul by asking others, leading to various forum suggestions.
  • Clue #1 indicates that Andromeda did not provide advice regarding General Engineering and was not spoken to at 1am.
  • Clue #2 states that dextercioby was consulted after Astronuc but before being directed to the politics forum.
  • Clue #3 suggests that the Chemistry forum was mentioned before the Homework forum, with homework already being suggested by the time of the conversation with franz.
  • Clue #4 reveals that the second person mentioned saw Gokul in the Chemistry forum.
  • Clue #5 asserts that Gokul was not found in either the Physics or Engineering forums.
  • Clue #6 indicates that one participant spoke to someone who saw Gokul in the Politics forum and also spoke to marlon, with the timing being either 3 or 5am.
  • Clue #7 mentions that the participant learned Gokul's location at 5am but forgot the original reason for searching.
  • Several participants provide their answers to the puzzle, with some claiming their solutions are close but ultimately incorrect.
  • One participant expresses frustration over missing a clue and acknowledges a mistake in their reasoning.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants do not reach a consensus on the correct answer to the puzzle, with multiple competing solutions presented and corrections made to earlier claims.

Contextual Notes

Some participants reference specific clues and their implications, but there are unresolved aspects regarding the exact timing and order of conversations, as well as the correctness of proposed solutions.

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gokul sure gets around, I had a question to ask him last night at one in the morning, but I didn't know where he was. I started asking people if they had seen him. I asked one person an hour and each one told me a different forum to look in: General Physics, General engineering, and Homework Help, to name just a few. Can you figure out who I talked to, what time I talked to them and where they told me to look?
1. It was not 1am when I spoke to Andromeda and she didn't tell me to look in General Engineering. I was given that advice from someone either immediately before or after Andromeda.
2.I spoke to dextercioby before I was told to check the politics forum but after I had spoken to Astronuc.
3.I was told to check the Chemistry forum before the Homework forum, and homework was already suggested by the time I spoke to franz.
4.The second person I talked to said he had just seen Gokul in the Chemistry Forum.
5.I found out that in Generals it is a bad idea to look for Gokul, because he wasn't in either, Physics or Engineering.
6.I talked to someone who said he saw Gokul in the Politics forum and I talked to marlon, I talked to these two people at 3 and 5 but I can't remember in which order.
7.I was told where Gokul was at 5am and he was there, but by then I had forgotten why I was looking for him in the first place.
 
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This is a completely original tribdog puzzle. Hopefully harder than the last, hopefully with only one correct answer.
 
My answer in white:

1 Astronuc Gen. Physics
2 Dextercioby Chemistry
3 Marlon Homework
4 franz Gen. Engineering
5 Andromeda Politics
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At least with tribdog originals, you know nobody else has already posted the brainteaser before. :biggrin:
 
incorrect answer, close though. but according to clue #6 incorrect.
you are a sex doctor you should have caught this one.
 
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tribdog said:
incorrect answer, close though. but according to clue #6 incorrect.
you are a sex doctor you should have caught this one.

Grr...missed that. Very clever to sneak in a clue with such an easily overlooked word. I'll try again later if someone doesn't beat me to it.
 
Nevermind, i made a huge mistake.
 
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Why did you not just send Gokul a private mesage? :-p

Took me a while to realize that word, I think it is the one Moonbear is referring to.

Here is my answer:

1am: Astronuc: Gen physics
2am: Dexter: Chemistry
3am: Marlon: Gen Engineering
4am: Andromeda: Homework
5am: Franz: Politics
 
1, Astro, GP
2, Dex, Chem
3, Marlon, GE
4, Andro, Home
5, Franz, Politics[/color]
Am I the weiner?
 

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