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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 2 Mar 1994.
Re: DIS: The Maze Craze

Re: DIS: The Maze Craze

Cool discussion!  I have the following point to add in support of the
rationality of those who start at the finish:

If the maze-designer was assuming that a would-be solver would start at
a particular side, then they strove to make the maze difficult from this
direction.  This doesn't *imply* that it will be easier from the other
direction, but I submit that this is more likely than not.

If the maze-designer designer kept an open mind about which side would
be START and which END, then they almost *certainly* chose START to be
what they thought was the harder entrance.  Their judgement of relative
difficulty would be pretty reliable, I submit, given their exhaustive
knowledge of the maze.


-Matt Ryan, I dunno, I prefer "there's a cabin on a mountain..."
mbr...@midway.uchicago.edu            Curious Of All Natures
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If I'm dreaming, never let me wake. You'll never see the end of the road
If I'm awake, never let me sleep.   When you're traveling with me.
               -old chinese fellow                        -Crowded House     
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