Are you smart enough to be an astronaut?

[vienna]

I am certain the answer is "B", but I'm taking the reasoning for the answer to my grave...


Somehow, I think I would have made a very poor astronaut candidate; I have this proclivity to look at a panel of buttons/levers and say, "Hey, I wonder what this one does...?..."...

Empiricism is not a good trait for a task that involves sticking to a set of precisely choreographed actions...





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[d@rk51d3]

B

To me, in each box, running left to right, the left hand shapes and the right hand shapes switch side and colours. Then switch back again..... if that makes sense.

But I’m smart enough to not want to be an astronaut.

[Catfish]

What if it's not your decision.. and the name's not astronauts.

[Dowly]

B?


The shapes and colors alternate, only B matches horizontally, vertically and diagonally.

[Catfish]

While i posted it should be 'b', there would be another possibility.

Making the case for 'd' it is the only one that has nothing in common with all others, which is also a solution in itself

[Dowly]

D was my other candidate before I noticed B lines up diagonally as well. Another thing I noticed just now about B is that all the corners of the center piece supplement the shape and colors it touches outside of it.


i.e. if you put B in the center, the top left shape is black triangle. To the left of it is a light grey triangle, diagonally there's a white triangle and upwards there's a grey triangle. All four colors are touching. This is the same for the other corners of the center B.


So that's four things going for it being B. I think I'm ready to place my bet.

[Catfish]

Accepted .. was there already a finnish astronaut?

[vienna]

Originally Posted by Dowly

D was my other candidate before I noticed B lines up diagonally as well. Another thing I noticed just now about B is that all the corners of the center piece supplement the shape and colors it touches outside of it.


i.e. if you put B in the center, the top left shape is black triangle. To the left of it is a light grey triangle, diagonally there's a white triangle and upwards there's a grey triangle. All four colors are touching. This is the same for the other corners of the center B.


So that's four things going for it being B. I think I'm ready to place my bet.

That was basically the same reasoning I used for my answer; I was looking for a symmetry of pattern in the puzzle and the only one I could immediately see was, if "B" was inserted into the center, there was a grouping of the four shapes, all with the same pattern of shadings, in the same order.; I didn't even consider diagonal relationships...


As far as taking my reasoning to my grave, well, hyperbole...


...and I also have no desire to be an astronaut; I have enough difficulty getting across town on the bus...




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[August]

Originally Posted by Catfish

While i posted it should be 'b', there would be another possibility.

Making the case for 'd' it is the only one that has nothing in common with all others, which is also a solution in itself

Yeah but D doesn't match the color pattern. All other squares have the same colors in each location, only the shapes change.