Beautiful Mind

Did anyone ever see the Russell Crow movie, A Beautiful Mind? Without spoiling the movie for those of you who have not seen the film. The premise is that this man's mind is able to pull patterns out of seemingly random news articles, letters, etc. Basically he is a code breaker. His mind is overly adept at finding patterns.

While I don't believe myself to be a code breaker, I do enjoy a good word search puzzle. The human mind is amazing in it's ability to create order from chaos. It's what allows us to look at the constellation Orion, take those little pin points of light, and imagine in our head a hunter with a bow.

Last night while I was scrolling through Facebook, I came across this puzzle.




7H15 M3554G3 53RV35 7O PR0V3 H0W 0UR M1ND5 C4N D0 4M4Z1NG 7H1NG5! 1MPR3551V3 7H1NG5! 1N 7H3 B3G1NN1NG 17 WA5 H4RD BU7 N0W, 0N 7H15 LIN3 Y0UR M1ND 1S R34D1NG 17 4U70M471C4LLY W17H0U7 3V3N 7H1NK1NG 4B0U7 17, B3 PROUD! 0NLY C3R741N P30PL3 C4N R3AD 7H15.



My guess is that you were able to read this with out any problem once you got started.

Now, while our mind is adept at providing order... this ability can also be a hindrance. Especially for a writer such as myself.

Take a look at this one and see if you can find the mistake.




Can you find the the mistake:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10




HINT: The error isn't in the number string.

So, there you have it. The mind is a beautiful thing. Feed yours today!

-Red

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