Comments on: Patch Wednesday #3: IQ Tests as Game Genre https://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/2014/03/12/iq-tests-as-game-genre/ My name is Jesper Juul, and I am a Ludologist [researcher of the design, meaning, culture, and politics of games]. This is my blog on game research and other important things. Thu, 13 Mar 2014 20:37:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jesper https://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/2014/03/12/iq-tests-as-game-genre/comment-page-1/#comment-99049 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 20:37:28 +0000 http://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/?p=1902#comment-99049 I agree, definitely mammalian exceptionalism. Good point about the word, but I think it’s all just a genre convention that the people who made the puzzle aren’t even conscious of.

]]> By: Brennan Young https://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/2014/03/12/iq-tests-as-game-genre/comment-page-1/#comment-99047 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 11:01:10 +0000 http://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/?p=1902#comment-99047 Very odd that mammal is treated a class above others. (Each other animal is in a different biological class, so in this example, ‘mammal’ is not odd at all). Mammalian exceptionalism?

But the question asks for the odd word in the series, not the odd animal.

That suggests a philological difference, rather than a biological one.

So the answer could very plausibly be “Snake” (the only word in the series containing two vowels, the only word ending in a vowel, the only word with a ‘long’ vowel sound… etc.).

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