This really doesn't warrant its own blog nugget, but I'm posting the answer to the brainteaser that mostly just pissed people off. I'm not sure how many people make a point of repeatedly hitting the "last commented on" button to see additions to blogs, and I don't want anyone feeling like they missed out. See here for the original riddle.
See below for the answer:
Wise man No. 3 first imagined himself wearing a white cap. "If I have a white cap," he reasoned, "then when wise man No. 2 raised his hand he must have been looking at wise man No. 1's red cap. Wise man No. 1, being smart, would have realized immediately that the red cap seen by No. 2 had to be his, and he would have stood up. Wise man No. 2 would have reached the same conclusion and he would have stood up quickly as well. Since neither of the others stood up, I must not be wearing a white cap. I must be wearing a red one."
Anticlimactic, eh?
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