How many eggs are left? A riddle that baffles 99% of people (article in the first comment)

 

And of course, if I fried them, I ate them later. So it’s very likely that the two I ate are the same ones I fried and cracked.

So… how many eggs do I have left?

If I crack, fry, and eat two eggs, the remaining four eggs remain untouched. No further action is mentioned regarding them.

🟢 Correct answer: 4 eggs.

Why do most people get this wrong? 🔍
The trick is to imagine that you cracked two different eggs, fried two more, and ate two more, as if it were six different eggs. But the text doesn’t say they’re all different; it only lists actions, and these actions can refer to the same eggs.

This teaches us an important lesson: We often react without analysis and project our assumptions instead of reading carefully.

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