When a semicolon is used to join two or more ideas (parts) in a sentence, those ideas are then given equal position or rank and assume equal roles, by equivocating the two components the first component takes on the inherent flaws of the second and vice versa giving the first half of this statement a punctuation error as well as the double “to” error and the misspelling of mistakes error while giving the second half of this statement both the repeated “are” mistake and the numerical mistake.
I found out the part about there only being four mistakes, but I only found two others You may say that I'm lying because I would have to find out all of the first four to get the last one but I just figured since this is a puzzle that there would be something like that. 👻
it's ironic, I feel like the ones with "only geniuses" can figure this out are usually the easy ones. The ones that say nothing are usually a lot harder.
I like the ones that say "only geniuses can find the M" in a big grid like: WWWWWWWWWWWWWW WWWWWMWWWWWWWW WWWWWWWWWWWWWW I'm not genius, but I'm disappointed in myself if I can't find it in less than about 3 seconds.
@@cowboycurtis2229 calling people geniuses brings people of average intellect to these problems, you wouldnt want to say like THIS PUZZLE IS EASY 60% OF PEOPLE CAN FIND ALL THE MISTAKES because then they wouldnt care about it
Well that depends on your definition of genius. According to a new born baby, even a 2nd grader will be a genius. For magnus carlsen, even a grand master maybe average
@@aaravgulati2 Usually when someone is called a genius, it means that they are much smarter compared to an average person in their age group. This is probably how it is being used in this case. Typically, these problems target teenagers/adults unless otherwise specified, which would be the age group. Edit: Technically you're right, but it wouldn't really make sense for them to use a different definition than the expected one, in this case.
Anita Gupta Bad logic. 'Not knowing' something is not a reason to do something; and going halfway is doing something. If you don't know whether there are sharks in the water it's not a reason to get halfway in.
I figured there were four mistakes: are are, to to, mitstakes, and that the "FIVE things" is wrong as there are only four, and I felt like a genius. Oof
I think I'm getting the hang of these! They always have some aspect that's "outside the box" and in this case I'm pleased to say I guessed that the stated number of mistakes was itself a mistake :) The lack of a "period" (that's a "full-stop" to us Brits) was probably the toughest one, but - unusually for these kinds of puzzles - it was actually 100% fair because the conspicuous use of a semicolon earlier in the sentence tipped you off that punctuation mattered here.
It's just a fun little riddle for people to solve, not to be taken seriously. Have you ever considered taking that stick out of your ass? Lighten up a little, the world needs less people like you, taking everything so seriously all the time XD
Another solution: 1. The word "are" is repeated. 2. The word "to" is repeated. 3. The word "mitstakes" is a misspelling of mistakes. 4. The sentence is missing a punctuation mark and should end with a period. 5. I'm not a genius but I was still able to spot all of the mistakes.
They often mean shut up; and stop saying things they don't want to hear; but rather actually say things relevant to their question. So no, this isn't a paradox even though I appreciate the humorous effort
The fifth mistake is the presupposition that only geniuses can solve the problem. 1.) 'are' is repeated 2.) 'to' is repeated 3.) 'mitstakes' is spelled incorrectly 4.) the sentence does not end with a period mark 5.) the presupposition 'only geniuses will be able to spot all of the mistakes' ---- (5) errors in total. It's no longer a logical conundrum after five errors.
If we're going beyond spelling and grammatical errors one can argue that the assertion that only geniuses can solve the puzzle is a factual error and thus the fifth mistake.
You also did not use the semicolon correctly here in your own sentence: a colon should be used to separate two clauses that themselves could be their own sentences but because they each say essentially the same thing in different words they are joined by a colon. Semicolons are used to separate clauses or phrases that are parts of a list.
@@AnnoyingMoose You were right that I should have used a colon, as one purpose of a colon is to connect two independent clauses if the second summarizes or explains the first. However, you didn't not tell the whole truth. A semicolon has multiple uses. One use is to connect closely related independent clauses that say the same thing (what you just said when talking about the colon). A second use is to separate items in a series containing internal punctuation (like what you said for the semicolon).
I thought that, and decided to look into it; and I found, surprisingly, that the usage is acceptable. writing.wisc.edu/handbook/grammarpunct/semicolons/
It would be nice if you added a 3 second countdown before you remove the problem from the screen so that we can pause the video before the problem disappears. Adding it just before the 3 second countdown in the video would be perfect.
Since streaming video works in little chunks, trying to rewind them can be a pain sometimes. Because you're going back and trying to reload a chunk that the streamer has already discarded and doesn't expect you to be want again. It gets all confused, and ends up not loading any of the video. Even if you refresh: no video for you! So yeah, once part of a video has played, it burns up and cannot be seen again.
I initially missed the repeated “to” and thought “geniuses” (as opposed to Genii) was the fourth mistake. And then I thought labelling that is a mistake was a mistake and it self and got far to meta for first thing in the morning before coffee. I got there in the end though.
The 5th mistake resembles other logic paradoxes like the "I now lie to you" or "who shaves the barber?". Self references seen to keep on amusing us for thousands of years
When I was looking through this, I wrote the mistakes that I found in notepad. This is exactly how it was written. are are to to mitstakes . the number of "mitstakes"
It is possible to interpret two sentences. A sentence is decided by a finitt verb "are" and "will". A punction is not mandatory. You can use comma and semicolon only. You can write a novel with one punction in the end. Hence it is two errors in sentence one. One syntactical error and one semantic. Or are the three errors in the second periode?
I got the the four and JOKED “It’s a paradox,” and then you said “It’s a paradox”. It was supposed to be a joke dammit, I wasn’t supposed to be right, lol.
1) 2 'are's 2) semicolon where there should be a comma 3) two 'to's 4) 'mitstakes' 5) this isn't technically a sentence, it's a fragment consisting of two clauses, there isn't a sentence-ending punctuation mark.
There are 4 writing mistakes like "Are are" "To to" ";" "Mitstakes" And fifth one is the wrong claim which says it's five. Which in itself becomes a mistake therefore correcting the statement. And making overall 5 mistakes.
before I watch the video, here's my answer: the first mistake is the word are is printed twice; the second mistake is that the word 'to' is printed twice, the third mistake is that 'mistake' is misspelled, and the fourth mistake is that it says there are five things wrong instead of four. [edit]: >implying periods are necessary at the end of singular sentences on the internet
Isn't the tense of the first part of the sentence ("there are" = present tense) supposed to match the tense of the second part ("will be able" = future tense)?
This is the most idiotic thing I have seen in my life. When you give a statement in a problem, it is always assumed that the statement itself is true so as to make sure the reader actually tries to solve the problem rather than arguing that the statement is wrong. Also shouldn't , be used instead of ; there? That's the 5th mistake.
Yeah it's a silly trick question as is often the case with this kind of thing. I should just correct the "five" to "no" and consider the puzzle solved. ;)
I think semicolon is used correctly here. I have found 4 mistakes here. Are, to, mitstakes. Are and to used twice, and mitstakes is a spelling error. The 4th mistake is the statement in this sentence itself. It says there are 5 mistakes, but there is only 4. Someone may argue, like "only geniuses" is also false. But the defenition for word genius is not given. It is just my opinion, i do not claim i got the right answer.
So it could be that the sentence is not a complete thought. Or it could be that since these mistakes are designed they are no longer mistakes but the only correct way to ask the intended question in which case we sould consider that the mistakes are not in the question but in our own assessment of it. 1 we assume there are mistakes. 2 we assume there is a fith mistake 3 we assume there we can find it 4 we assume the question us solvable 5 we assume the question is flawed
According to me the mistakes are:- 1) word '"mitstakes" 2) "to" is repeated twice 3) "are" is repeated twice 4) There's no fullstop (.) at the end 5) Though there are only 4 mistakes it's written as five mistakes. So that's a mistakes Now let me check the video if I am correct🙂
*6th mistake:* it says "only geniuses" will figure out all mistakes. But I am not a genius and I figured out all of them which makes this sentence wrong. Hence, it's the 6th mistake.
I found the first 4 errors (the double "are", the double "to", the misspelling of mistake to "mitstakes" and the missing period at the end of the sentence) with no problem. The 5th mistake I thought was that there were two spaces after the semi-colon. Nowadays people generally place one space after the semicolon. It is possible to say that is not an error because of "left justification" of the sentence. But it is possible that left justification was not intentional. So my 5th error was the two spaces after the semi-colon.
1. “are” is repeated 2. “to” is repeated 3. mistakes is misspelled 4. No period at the end 5. The correct plural of genius is genii (but after I looked it up, apparently it can also be geniuses). 🤔 hmmm Alt. 5. I don’t think this would count as something *wrong* with the sentence, but the words “all of” are not really necessary. It would be fine to say, “will be able to spot the mistakes.” So, now I’m wondering what is the correct fifth mistake. I’ll listen to the rest and find out! After reading the comments, I agree that the phrase “only geniuses will be able to spot all of the mistakes,” is not a factual statement. I was going to say that that was the fifth mistake, but I’m thinking that it could be an opinion statement, in which case, would not be a mistake. Except that…no, now I am disagreeing with myself. As someone else pointed out a genius is defined as a person with at least 140 point IQ, so, that would be incorrect (a mistake?) This is getting too confusing! LOL I should go do the things that I need to be doing anyway.
I didn't think about the period at the end, instead I thought there were 3 mistakes and the statement that said there were 5, was wrong and I assumed it to be the fourth mistake for a total of 4 mistakes.
1) the repeating "are" 2) the repeating "to" 3) mistakes 4) it will be four instead of "five" (Though I am not completely sure, I would appreciate if someone corrects me if I am wrong. Thank you 🙏)
1: are x2 2: to x2 3: mitstakes 4: no period there are four mistakes, which means saying "five mistakes" is incorrect, thus a mistake. but that would make five mistakes, thus the sentence is paradoxical
The sentence isn’t a logical paradox but rather a logical fallacy. It should be “only A GENIUS”. As not every genius will see the mistakes but whoever does is in fact a genius.
For number 5 I used a different logic. I reasoned that since I am not a genius, and that I worked out all of the other mistakes, the second half of he sentence is factually incorrect. In fact, it doesn't take a "genius" (however you want to reasonably define that word based on existing definitions) to figure it out, just someone reasonably competent with the English language who can think it through critically.
The fifth mistake, if you want to call it that, is in the phrase "all of" the mistakes. Technically, it is correct but should be more concise in the wording. Stating the thought "to spot all the mistakes" would be more accurate and thereby correct.
Paused and answered the following: "are are", "mitstakes", no period at the end, and that there weren't 5 mistakes. Missing something but still happy with how I answered it lol.
There are five actual mistakes. 1. are are 2. to to 3. mitstakes 4. ; 5. "o" in only needs to be capitalized, since it is the first work of the next sentence. Therefore no logical mistake.
If you really want to be reaching for it, you could also say that the sentence proceeding the semi-colon is a mistake as that part of it only has 1 mistake (For all intents and purposes, the other paradox bit doesn’t count here).
Resolution of the paradox is easy. Wrong things are: 1. "are are" 2. "to to" 3. typo in "mitstakes" 4. Missed dot in the end 5. "Only geniuses" (not only) 6. "Five" (actually six)
I realised it’s not the case in English, but in my country (France) a semi colon should be used with a space before and after it, so its usage here would be wrong as it touches the word that precedes it. So I spotted 4 mistakes including this one, although it’s wrong^^
1) are are 2) to to 3) miTstakes 4) no period Unsure: 5) Semicolon used incorrectly? EDIT @ 1:04: THE FIFTH MISTAKE IS THAT THERE ARE ONLY FOUR MISTAKES but that means this is a PRADOX!
i personally think the fifth mistake is not the logical paradox one, but rather the first sentence. the first clause, or sentence, states that “there are five things wrong with this sentence.” which is a false statement. (the semi colon indicates that the sentence prior is an independent clause) there are only two things wrong in that sentence, not five.
Perfect for the start of school.
*Fifth mistake is the supposition that only geniuses can solve*
When a semicolon is used to join two or more ideas (parts) in a sentence, those ideas are then given equal position or rank and assume equal roles, by equivocating the two components the first component takes on the inherent flaws of the second and vice versa giving the first half of this statement a punctuation error as well as the double “to” error and the misspelling of mistakes error while giving the second half of this statement both the repeated “are” mistake and the numerical mistake.
Imagine if the last mistake was that there was no period.
number 5 is the first one i solved lol
I'm reading this on my last day in high school, lmao
i thought the fifth mistake would be "only geniuses will be able to spot all of the mistakes" since ANYONE can find the mistakes not only geniuses
Well, I'll tell you what only geniuses can do: solve the puzzle I posted in the comments.
Yeah, this is what I thought too. It would negate the paradox.
reda kharoubi MADE MY DAY
Yep.
I found out the part about there only being four mistakes, but I only found two others
You may say that I'm lying because I would have to find out all of the first four to get the last one but I just figured since this is a puzzle that there would be something like that. 👻
it's ironic, I feel like the ones with "only geniuses" can figure this out are usually the easy ones. The ones that say nothing are usually a lot harder.
I like the ones that say "only geniuses can find the M" in a big grid like:
WWWWWWWWWWWWWW
WWWWWMWWWWWWWW
WWWWWWWWWWWWWW
I'm not genius, but I'm disappointed in myself if I can't find it in less than about 3 seconds.
@@cowboycurtis2229 calling people geniuses brings people of average intellect to these problems, you wouldnt want to say like THIS PUZZLE IS EASY 60% OF PEOPLE CAN FIND ALL THE MISTAKES because then they wouldnt care about it
It's easy to find the solution shown in the video but I think only geniuses actually figure it out.
Well that depends on your definition of genius. According to a new born baby, even a 2nd grader will be a genius. For magnus carlsen, even a grand master maybe average
@@aaravgulati2 Usually when someone is called a genius, it means that they are much smarter compared to an average person in their age group. This is probably how it is being used in this case. Typically, these problems target teenagers/adults unless otherwise specified, which would be the age group.
Edit: Technically you're right, but it wouldn't really make sense for them to use a different definition than the expected one, in this case.
The semicolon is a mistake since only a handful of people can actually use it properly; myself excluded.
I'm pretty sure that there is no problem with the semicolon used in the sentence though.
That’s not a mistake. Semicolons (;) are used to link two closely-related main clauses together.
You're right. The second clause does not follow from the first, nor is it closely related enough to warrant a semicolon.
@@Richie_P they're both talking about the mistakes in the sentence as a whole. How are they not related?
I also considered that.
"There are no mistakes"
-Master Oogway
“Only happy accidents”
-Bob Ross
Imagine the last mistake was that there was no period.
*Background music*
"I don't know"
-Master Oogway
*mitstakes
the statement “only geniuses will be able to spot all of the mistakes” is the fifth mistake imo.
Indeed.
I was thinking just that, and I actually commented it, I hope you aren't offended, it wasn't intended to be a copy. I hadn't seen yours.
@@TheLivingBlobfish oh boy am i ever heated... YOU TAKE THAT COMMENT DOWN RIGHT NOW MISTER OR THERE WILL BE HELL TO PAY
@@OGRE_HATES_NERDS Really? Or are you joking? If you really care that much, I can take it down.
@@TheLivingBlobfish just kidding lol
Since we don't know if it's 4 or 5 let's just say there are 4.5 mistakes
Good point...we will have to open the box and peek inside to know for sure. Poor cat.
Anita Gupta Bad logic. 'Not knowing' something is not a reason to do something; and going halfway is doing something. If you don't know whether there are sharks in the water it's not a reason to get halfway in.
I say there are 5.4
-1/12
ddebenedictis wrong vid?
"I make videos on math and game theory."
*Which of these does this video fall under?*
"And"
Game theory typically involves written or spoken language.
This video is itself a logical paradox.
@@digaddog6099 perfect replies exist*
Math. You have to know how to count.
I figured there were four mistakes: are are, to to, mitstakes, and that the "FIVE things" is wrong as there are only four, and I felt like a genius. Oof
I got everything right except the double “to”s 😞
But if the five things are wrong, then there are 5 mistakes, but therefore it's all good, so it's wrong. The MindYouDecisions paradox
Mistake spelling is wrong..observe it
There are five, the semicolon is a mistake
mitstakes
I think I'm getting the hang of these! They always have some aspect that's "outside the box" and in this case I'm pleased to say I guessed that the stated number of mistakes was itself a mistake :) The lack of a "period" (that's a "full-stop" to us Brits) was probably the toughest one, but - unusually for these kinds of puzzles - it was actually 100% fair because the conspicuous use of a semicolon earlier in the sentence tipped you off that punctuation mattered here.
I missed the "to to" one, but I thought one of the mistakes was that the semicolon should have been a full stop and a new sentence.
That’s not a mistake. Semicolons (;) are used to link two closely-related main clauses together.
Same
m
I thought so myself, thinking that the it should of been a comma or the word 'and'.
but aren’t semicolons used to join two complete phrases or whatever
Mistakes:
1. There are 2 "are" in a row
2. 2 "to" in a row
3. mitstakes
4. sentence
5. My 4th answer
😂good one
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That....doesn’t work. That’s a mistake in your answer rather than in the sentence
@@stephen1882 r/wooooosh ?
@@stephen1882 ಠಿ_ಠಿ
This is too straightforward to be considered an intelligence test.
It's also mainly a literacy test with only one minor logical challenge added and literacy is not the same as intelligence.
It's just a fun little riddle for people to solve, not to be taken seriously. Have you ever considered taking that stick out of your ass? Lighten up a little, the world needs less people like you, taking everything so seriously all the time XD
@@avi6n *Fewer
@@letsgoBrandon204 nobody cares LMFAOO
When is he gonna entice us with cheese and make us run mazes?
Another solution:
1. The word "are" is repeated.
2. The word "to" is repeated.
3. The word "mitstakes" is a misspelling of mistakes.
4. The sentence is missing a punctuation mark and should end with a period.
5. I'm not a genius but I was still able to spot all of the mistakes.
Omg, you're a genius!
True genius solves problems never been encountered before. Solving problems that you have trained and practiced is simply knowledge and experience.
Reminds me of a programming aphorism: "There are two hard things in programming: cache invalidation, naming things, and off by one errors"
Much similar to Moms when they tell you to shut up AND answer their questions simultaneously.
Just answer her with telepathy xdxd
They often mean shut up; and stop saying things they don't want to hear; but rather actually say things relevant to their question. So no, this isn't a paradox even though I appreciate the humorous effort
That's when you break out the pad and paper.
I miss the mathy riddles a lot, but grammar and word logic are my strong suit. Nailed it.
Mathy aint a word word logic dude
The fifth mistake is the presupposition that only geniuses can solve the problem.
1.) 'are' is repeated
2.) 'to' is repeated
3.) 'mitstakes' is spelled incorrectly
4.) the sentence does not end with a period mark
5.) the presupposition 'only geniuses will be able to spot all of the mistakes'
----
(5) errors in total. It's no longer a logical conundrum after five errors.
If we're going beyond spelling and grammatical errors one can argue that the assertion that only geniuses can solve the puzzle is a factual error and thus the fifth mistake.
Haven't found the "to" repeating, but i figured that the fifth will be what exactly it was so i'm satisfied with myself.
Same, but I didn't realize the missing punctuation mark either.
@@amoh2513 Will be able to to spot.
Same, but the One i Didnt remember was the punctuation Mark.
@@EuSou_Eu You see the to to now though right?
@@macmac1022 no, the One i Didnt found was the ponctuation Mark, i had found the To repeating
The semicolon threw me off; I thought it wasn't used correctly in that sentence.
Red Herring achievement unlocked
You also did not use the semicolon correctly here in your own sentence: a colon should be used to separate two clauses that themselves could be their own sentences but because they each say essentially the same thing in different words they are joined by a colon. Semicolons are used to separate clauses or phrases that are parts of a list.
@@AnnoyingMoose You were right that I should have used a colon, as one purpose of a colon is to connect two independent clauses if the second summarizes or explains the first. However, you didn't not tell the whole truth. A semicolon has multiple uses. One use is to connect closely related independent clauses that say the same thing (what you just said when talking about the colon). A second use is to separate items in a series containing internal punctuation (like what you said for the semicolon).
@@Affixton96 I : use colons whenever I feel ; like it
I thought that, and decided to look into it; and I found, surprisingly, that the usage is acceptable.
writing.wisc.edu/handbook/grammarpunct/semicolons/
It would be nice if you added a 3 second countdown before you remove the problem from the screen so that we can pause the video before the problem disappears. Adding it just before the 3 second countdown in the video would be perfect.
Once part of a video has played, it burns up and cannot be seen again.
Exactly my point!!
Fredrik Enetorp I think he was being sarcastic
No no, it's totally accurate. Well, the "cannot be seen again" part anyway. Technically it does not burn up, it gets converted into cat videos.
Since streaming video works in little chunks, trying to rewind them can be a pain sometimes. Because you're going back and trying to reload a chunk that the streamer has already discarded and doesn't expect you to be want again. It gets all confused, and ends up not loading any of the video. Even if you refresh: no video for you! So yeah, once part of a video has played, it burns up and cannot be seen again.
I initially missed the repeated “to” and thought “geniuses” (as opposed to Genii) was the fourth mistake. And then I thought labelling that is a mistake was a mistake and it self and got far to meta for first thing in the morning before coffee. I got there in the end though.
The 5th mistake resembles other logic paradoxes like the "I now lie to you" or "who shaves the barber?".
Self references seen to keep on amusing us for thousands of years
Wow first time I've been able to solve one of these by only seeing the thumbnail.
The sentence is in a superposition of 4 and 5 mistakes
Quantum physics is perfect to describe paradoxes
Does that make this a quantum query?
"There are no mistakes, just happy accidents"
- Bob Ross
mistakes needs a period at the end
mistakes is spelled incorrectly
to to
"five" should be "four"
Actually…thinking out of the box, if there are 5 things wrong with the sentence, wrong would be the 5th and this there would be no logical paradox
But then the fact that they didn't do that is a mistake which makes it 6 "mitstakes"
When I was looking through this, I wrote the mistakes that I found in notepad. This is exactly how it was written.
are are
to to
mitstakes
.
the number of "mitstakes"
And here we have a paradox
quirky
I feel so blind for not noticing either of the two repeated words.
Don't. Your brain made you not see them as it got the sentence's meaning even with those repeated words. Reading out loud helps. ;)
VeryEvilPettingZoo
I'm unsure whether it is intentional or not, but you have 2 "at's." You wrote "the words are at AT the end..."
It WAS cute...in sort of an evil way
I didn't notice the "to to", which is embarrassing since I posted a nearly identical puzzle in the comments section of another video many months ago.
I’ve only spotted 3:
1. There *are are* five things
2. only geniuses will be able *to to* spot all the mistakes
3. There is no period at the end
I missed the period, probably because Internet speak has normalized improper punctuation
So am I incorrect in saying that the word “will” should really be changed to the word “would” seeing as this example is theoretical?
'Five' is correct. The 5 mistakes are:
1. are are
2. to to
3. mitstakes
4. No period
5. Incorrect use of "of" - "to spot all the mistakes".
Loved this… very clever !!
I battled to identify the fifth error !
🤔
😂🤣
Actually the plural of genius is genii so there are five mistakes
Also, I think it is more proper to say "Only a Genius" instead of "Only Geniuses".
@@davidking4838 I don't see anything wrong about that, but in your perspective, I guess you can say that's more fit.
@Martin Baldwin-Edwards idk about that, genii sounds more appropriate. I myself thought the 5th mistake was this
“Your entire existence is a mistake”
-the mistake sentence (probably)
I found the four mistakes, and just when you said “where is the fifth mistake?” I realized
It is possible to interpret two sentences. A sentence is decided by a finitt verb "are" and "will". A punction is not mandatory. You can use comma and semicolon only. You can write a novel with one punction in the end. Hence it is two errors in sentence one. One syntactical error and one semantic. Or are the three errors in the second periode?
replacing "five" with "four" should take us out of the "logical loop"
I literally thought that
I thought the verb tense was different in the second part of the sentence when compared to the first part.
1:13 while i was solving this sentence error i can't find more than 4. so i think there aren't 5 mistakes. AND I WAS RIGHT!!!
These videos reel you in by making everybody feel like geniuses.
If we wanted to be pedantic, the fifth mistake would actually be the the word “geniuses” as instead it should be genii.
You utter genius
I got the the four and JOKED “It’s a paradox,” and then you said “It’s a paradox”. It was supposed to be a joke dammit, I wasn’t supposed to be right, lol.
Just change "five" to something else than "four", like "several".
But that ruins the puzzle
@@digaddog6099 Yeah I just rewatched the video and I have no clue why I even said that.
I got only the first 3 mistakes. The fifth one was really nice 👍.
1) 2 'are's
2) semicolon where there should be a comma
3) two 'to's
4) 'mitstakes'
5) this isn't technically a sentence, it's a fragment consisting of two clauses, there isn't a sentence-ending punctuation mark.
There are 4 writing mistakes like
"Are are"
"To to"
";"
"Mitstakes"
And fifth one is the wrong claim which says it's five. Which in itself becomes a mistake therefore correcting the statement.
And making overall 5 mistakes.
The actual 5th mistake is instead of genius they wrote geniuses
@@jaswanthsai5859 noice, hey for 1 look without watching the vid, I'd say it was a pretty solid shot.
@@heaven.3031 yeah
@@heaven.3031 hey which country are u from?
@@heaven.3031 i am an indian
Reminds me of the book "There are two errors in the the title of this book"
First error is there is only one "ERROR" in the title.
Second error is there is one to many "THE" in the title.
It's basically like saying "This sentence is false." If it is false, then it's true, but then if it's true, then that makes it false.
Yes, I figured it out, which means I am a genius, so I never have to take any of these tests again.
Got all of them right; onto the next one...
Finally! It's settled! I'm a genius!!
I'm not bragging, but I literally found all 5 mistakes in about 10 seconds.
Yes, but the fifth mistake is that it is TWO sentences. The semicolon only joins two complete sentences.
Thought the 4th mistake, being the semicolon is supposed to be a period, the 5th mistake is "o" in only should be capital.
Wouldn't the number of sentences also be a mistake?
@@YaBoyUneven - And "this sentence" should be "these sentences". I count a total of 9 mistakes. Guess that's why I'm with Mensa.
before I watch the video, here's my answer: the first mistake is the word are is printed twice; the second mistake is that the word 'to' is printed twice, the third mistake is that 'mistake' is misspelled, and the fourth mistake is that it says there are five things wrong instead of four.
[edit]:
>implying periods are necessary at the end of singular sentences on the internet
Isn't the tense of the first part of the sentence ("there are" = present tense) supposed to match the tense of the second part ("will be able" = future tense)?
This is the most idiotic thing I have seen in my life. When you give a statement in a problem, it is always assumed that the statement itself is true so as to make sure the reader actually tries to solve the problem rather than arguing that the statement is wrong.
Also shouldn't , be used instead of ; there? That's the 5th mistake.
Yeah it's a silly trick question as is often the case with this kind of thing. I should just correct the "five" to "no" and consider the puzzle solved. ;)
I think semicolon is used correctly here.
I have found 4 mistakes here.
Are, to, mitstakes. Are and to used twice, and mitstakes is a spelling error. The 4th mistake is the statement in this sentence itself. It says there are 5 mistakes, but there is only 4.
Someone may argue, like "only geniuses" is also false. But the defenition for word genius is not given.
It is just my opinion, i do not claim i got the right answer.
Fifth mistake: It doesn’t take a genius to figure out the puzzle. IQ tests are inherently flawed and often fall victim to cultural bias.
This was excellent. I have two school age children and enjoy getting them to figure out some of your puzzles. This will be the next one.
So it could be that the sentence is not a complete thought.
Or it could be that since these mistakes are designed they are no longer mistakes but the only correct way to ask the intended question in which case we sould consider that the mistakes are not in the question but in our own assessment of it.
1 we assume there are mistakes.
2 we assume there is a fith mistake
3 we assume there we can find it
4 we assume the question us solvable
5 we assume the question is flawed
According to me the mistakes are:-
1) word '"mitstakes"
2) "to" is repeated twice
3) "are" is repeated twice
4) There's no fullstop (.) at the end
5) Though there are only 4 mistakes it's written as five mistakes. So that's a mistakes
Now let me check the video if I am correct🙂
There is only one mistake: the mistake of calling these "mistakes," as these were all purposefully placed.
That is a fascinating one. Gotta love paradoxes.
*6th mistake:*
it says "only geniuses" will figure out all mistakes. But I am not a genius and I figured out all of them which makes this sentence wrong. Hence, it's the 6th mistake.
Of there's six mistakes, than the "there are five things wrong" is another mistake, which makes it seven mistakes
Suck it mah boi
I found the first 4 errors (the double "are", the double "to", the misspelling of mistake to "mitstakes" and the missing period at the end of the sentence) with no problem. The 5th mistake I thought was that there were two spaces after the semi-colon. Nowadays people generally place one space after the semicolon. It is possible to say that is not an error because of "left justification" of the sentence. But it is possible that left justification was not intentional. So my 5th error was the two spaces after the semi-colon.
1. “are” is repeated
2. “to” is repeated
3. mistakes is misspelled
4. No period at the end
5. The correct plural of genius is genii (but after I looked it up, apparently it can also be geniuses). 🤔 hmmm
Alt. 5. I don’t think this would count as something *wrong* with the sentence, but the words “all of” are not really necessary. It would be fine to say, “will be able to spot the mistakes.”
So, now I’m wondering what is the correct fifth mistake. I’ll listen to the rest and find out!
After reading the comments, I agree that the phrase “only geniuses will be able to spot all of the mistakes,” is not a factual statement. I was going to say that that was the fifth mistake, but I’m thinking that it could be an opinion statement, in which case, would not be a mistake.
Except that…no, now I am disagreeing with myself. As someone else pointed out a genius is defined as a person with at least 140 point IQ, so, that would be incorrect (a mistake?)
This is getting too confusing! LOL I should go do the things that I need to be doing anyway.
I didn't think about the period at the end, instead I thought there were 3 mistakes and the statement that said there were 5, was wrong and I assumed it to be the fourth mistake for a total of 4 mistakes.
1) the repeating "are"
2) the repeating "to"
3) mistakes
4) it will be four instead of "five"
(Though I am not completely sure, I would appreciate if someone corrects me if I am wrong. Thank you 🙏)
1: are x2
2: to x2
3: mitstakes
4: no period
there are four mistakes, which means saying "five mistakes" is incorrect, thus a mistake. but that would make five mistakes, thus the sentence is paradoxical
I knew immediately that there wouldn’t be 5 mistakes but I missed “are” and “to” being repeated
1. There are No dots at the end
2. Mistakes, not mitstakes
3. 2 words to
4. Genius, Not geniuses
5. 2 words are
The sentence isn’t a logical paradox but rather a logical fallacy. It should be “only A GENIUS”. As not every genius will see the mistakes but whoever does is in fact a genius.
For number 5 I used a different logic. I reasoned that since I am not a genius, and that I worked out all of the other mistakes, the second half of he sentence is factually incorrect. In fact, it doesn't take a "genius" (however you want to reasonably define that word based on existing definitions) to figure it out, just someone reasonably competent with the English language who can think it through critically.
Then again, there were no mistakes, because all the five statements were intentional.
Cool! I couldn't find mistakes so easily, is it easier for people with another mother tongue or shouldn't be a problem?
The fifth mistake, if you want to call it that, is in the phrase "all of" the mistakes. Technically, it is correct but should be more concise in the wording. Stating the thought "to spot all the mistakes" would be more accurate and thereby correct.
Paused and answered the following: "are are", "mitstakes", no period at the end, and that there weren't 5 mistakes. Missing something but still happy with how I answered it lol.
according to this logic it should be easy for a back bencher to spot it because they are the ones who keep telling teacher that the paper is a mistake
There are five actual mistakes. 1. are are 2. to to 3. mitstakes 4. ; 5. "o" in only needs to be capitalized, since it is the first work of the next sentence. Therefore no logical mistake.
We don't make mistakes, just happy accidents.
I'm so happy I got it after the extremely difficult problems in this channel.
Nailed it. I was unsure enough about the paradox to watch the video, but my suspicions were confirmed. Nice puzzle.
What about the verb tense? Don’t “are (are)”and “will be able to” have to have the same time? One is present and one is future
If you really want to be reaching for it, you could also say that the sentence proceeding the semi-colon is a mistake as that part of it only has 1 mistake (For all intents and purposes, the other paradox bit doesn’t count here).
While I staring at the thumbnail for a few minutes, I was able to find all of the errors.
#1 Are are
#2 to to
#3 mitstakes
#4 there is not a full stop at last?
#5 there's no 5th mistake. 🙂
An extra "are",
An extra "to",
Misspelling on "mistakes",
A missing full stop.
And geniuses one because I spot all five of them without being a genius
Resolution of the paradox is easy. Wrong things are:
1. "are are"
2. "to to"
3. typo in "mitstakes"
4. Missed dot in the end
5. "Only geniuses" (not only)
6. "Five" (actually six)
Since the ; should be a . wouldn’t a fifth mistake be that the o in only (starting the next sentence) be a capital O?
I realised it’s not the case in English, but in my country (France) a semi colon should be used with a space before and after it, so its usage here would be wrong as it touches the word that precedes it.
So I spotted 4 mistakes including this one, although it’s wrong^^
The 5 th mistake is that there are only 4 mistakes
but the fifth error is the o in "only" since it should be a capital letter, or it doesn't need to be capital?
1. repeating "are"s
2. repeating "to"s
3. semicolon->period
4. mitstake->mistake
5. period missing in the end
I DID figure it out right from the beginning! I happen to see it coming!
I got the fifth mistake but not the 2nd or fourth.
how????
1) are are
2) to to
3) miTstakes
4) no period
Unsure:
5) Semicolon used incorrectly?
EDIT @ 1:04: THE FIFTH MISTAKE IS THAT THERE ARE ONLY FOUR MISTAKES but that means this is a PRADOX!
i personally think the fifth mistake is not the logical paradox one, but rather the first sentence. the first clause, or sentence, states that “there are five things wrong with this sentence.” which is a false statement. (the semi colon indicates that the sentence prior is an independent clause) there are only two things wrong in that sentence, not five.