<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[justpuzzles]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://justpuzzles.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Teun Spaans]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://justpuzzles.wordpress.com/author/teunspaans/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Bongard problems (1)]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>The Russian scientist M.M. Bongard published a book in 1967 that contains 100 problems. Each problem consists of 12 small boxes: six boxes on the left and six on the right. Each of the six boxes on the left conform to a certain rule. Each and every box on the right contradicts this rule. Your task, of course, is to figure out the rule.</p>
<p>Here is a trivial example:<br />
<a href="https://justpuzzles.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/bongard-problem-2015-09-15-nr-2-exercise.png"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="3926" data-permalink="https://justpuzzles.wordpress.com/2015/09/18/bongard-problems-1/bongard-problem-2015-09-15-nr-2-exercise/" data-orig-file="https://justpuzzles.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/bongard-problem-2015-09-15-nr-2-exercise.png" data-orig-size="1000,629" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Bongard problem 2015-09-15 nr 2 exercise" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://justpuzzles.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/bongard-problem-2015-09-15-nr-2-exercise.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://justpuzzles.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/bongard-problem-2015-09-15-nr-2-exercise.png?w=1000" src="https://justpuzzles.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/bongard-problem-2015-09-15-nr-2-exercise.png?w=300&#038;h=189" alt="Bongard problem 2015-09-15 nr 2 exercise" width="300" height="189" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3926" srcset="https://justpuzzles.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/bongard-problem-2015-09-15-nr-2-exercise.png?w=300&amp;h=189 300w, https://justpuzzles.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/bongard-problem-2015-09-15-nr-2-exercise.png?w=600&amp;h=378 600w, https://justpuzzles.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/bongard-problem-2015-09-15-nr-2-exercise.png?w=150&amp;h=94 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><br />
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<p>Here is something more resembling a puzzle:<br />
<a href="https://justpuzzles.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/bongard-problem-2015-09-15-nr-1-exercise.png"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="3927" data-permalink="https://justpuzzles.wordpress.com/2015/09/18/bongard-problems-1/bongard-problem-2015-09-15-nr-1-exercise/" data-orig-file="https://justpuzzles.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/bongard-problem-2015-09-15-nr-1-exercise.png" data-orig-size="1004,625" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Bongard problem 2015-09-15 nr 1 exercise" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://justpuzzles.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/bongard-problem-2015-09-15-nr-1-exercise.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://justpuzzles.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/bongard-problem-2015-09-15-nr-1-exercise.png?w=1004" src="https://justpuzzles.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/bongard-problem-2015-09-15-nr-1-exercise.png?w=300&#038;h=187" alt="Bongard problem 2015-09-15 nr 1 exercise" width="300" height="187" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3927" srcset="https://justpuzzles.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/bongard-problem-2015-09-15-nr-1-exercise.png?w=300&amp;h=187 300w, https://justpuzzles.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/bongard-problem-2015-09-15-nr-1-exercise.png?w=600&amp;h=374 600w, https://justpuzzles.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/bongard-problem-2015-09-15-nr-1-exercise.png?w=150&amp;h=93 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><br />
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<p style="color:white;">You can check your solutions <a href="https://justpuzzles.wordpress.com/Solutions to puzzles 250-500/#384" style="color:white;">here</a></p>
<p>You can find more Bongard problems at <a href="http://www.foundalis.com/res/diss_research.html">Harry Foundalis site</a>, and I intend to publish more problems in the future.</p>
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