Is it normal to be able to solve brain teasers with a different method?

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I found this "improve your IQ" brain teaser book laying around the house one day and I decided to try out some of the questions. I skipped straight to the back of the book because I wanted a challenge. All of the questions involve finding patterns with numbers, letters and/or shapes and then choosing from around 6-10 multiple choice answers where only 1 is the right answer.

I was surprising myself with how well I could answer the questions, but what was even more surprising is that my logic for figuring out the questions was completely different from what the answers explained. I seemed to just sort of "feel" what the answer looked like it should be or I had a different technique that turned out to be the right answer anyway. I ended up getting at least 80% of the questions right on the hardest 2 difficulty levels.

Is this normal? I'm not trying to boast about my smartness or anything by the way, I don't even know what my real IQ is in the first place.

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  • coolio75650932
    11 years ago

    brain teaser: how do you hold up the earth?

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    • RomeoDeMontague
      10 years ago

      No man can hold the earth. The earth is in orbit and is not really held by anything. The earth is in orbit and being pulled. Just like many other planets in our galaxy.

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    You may think your using a different method but it's just your fluid intelligence guiding your thoughts to arrive at the correct answer. Sound like You struggle with understanding the mechanics of the logic more than the puzzles. Don't worry, your fine

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  • Kai'Layah
    13 years ago

    im like that. i cant solve a word problem, or brain teaser the way it is supposed to be solved. i always find a different way.

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  • 46horses
    13 years ago

    It's not particularly amazing. People have different ways of working things out.

    You are intelligent, but not a God.

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  • Valex
    14 years ago

    Well it's not exactly normal, but there are ppl called savants who are pretty similar to that. Some Savants can solve very difficult math problems within seconds in there head. And like you, they say it just comes to them. Loo it up. Pretty cool stuff. Although, most savants are very smart, but at the cost of having no social skills whatsoever. Most savants have autism and stuff like that. Hope this helped.

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