I think post has been very good. If there are some education issues, then we need to see them well and understand the boards and make a good command, your post is very good.

Dang, I thought I was clever for arriving at 6. I knew I was jumping to conclusions too quickly...

I love these kinds of puzzles... and I went through the whole... "none" to "1" to "potentially unanswerable." Very cool-- thanks for sharing!

Yeah! It's so good.

@lukestokes -  **Lol - the engineer in me said 'depends on water flow rate and the size of orifices and pipe diameters!!**   However, you are right - I had completely missed the 8th cup.   
Thanks-  was an interesting brain teaser and your take on the biases is interesting.
Upvoted.
Regards,
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Looks like 4 to me....

Learn some new from your post. Love to read it.

I really hate puzzles like this.
To me, they are stupidly easy,.. except for the gotcha.

oops, you didn't see that one empty pixel so blah blah blah.
or you didn't consider this **stupid** possibility...

When, I did consider those things, but I have to work with people that have imperfect drawings, and do not want to take the time to consider, or even talk about all possibilities.

So, in the end, I am damned if I do, and damned if I don't.
And put down for being too smart

I enjoyed reading your post. There is a lot of good stuff.

None.

Okay, maybe I have a mental block, but I don't see how it is 8 over 6. The reason is that 6 would have to fill before the water got high enough in 2 to drop into 7 and then 8. What am I missing?

Edited to add: never mind, found it! Dang!

I started with 4 and thought 'wait, this is too easy...' and then I was sure it was 6, and thought I was done. Good puzzle!

*Tricky! The answer is 8!* Haha :)) I guess the answer it's 7, because the pipe from 1 to 3 it's blocked, same as the way from 3 to 4 and for 2 to 6. **BUT THEN I REALISED!** You were not joking with that 8. Good job!

I’m pretty sure this is an edited version of the original I saw... I’ve seen a version where the block to 3 didn’t exist, so the answer was definitely 3. Even then I still missed the answer initially because I wasn’t noticing all the blockages and holes. This is a fun variation on it though.

I hope someone doesn't post the Monty Hall problem... otherwise all hell would break loose! Have to admit I didn't scroll down far enough to see 8, but your point about confirmation bias is taken :)

Love it

Without cheating, ( I did not look at the answer), I say cup 4.  Water will never reach any other cup, except number 1.

I am sure there is a catch that I haven’t spotted, (otherwise the question would be too easy), so I will now scroll to the answer.

Haha. That's funny Luke. I'm part of the 99%. lol. But I still feel like a genius compared to whoever wrote "Which cup get filled firstly?". This post really hit my funny bone for some reason. Nice share!

Haha! I saw this post on my feed earlier and had a good chuckle when I saw the discussions. It's always great to just have a laugh about it after everything is said and done. I do fall for these things from time to time as well, but I always make it a point to look at the big picture. In this case, it was a literal interpretation of it haha!

The blockage going to 3 was just so subtle, and the closed off passage from 2 to 6 could be easily missed because one would expect every hole is open. The leak in 7 would immediately make someone think that it's never going to get filled. If the image isn't enlarged, one could easily just miss 8.

Without cheating, ( I did not look at the answer), I say cup 4.  Water will never reach any other cup, except number 1.

I am sure there is a catch that I haven’t spotted, (otherwise the question would be too easy), so I will now scroll to the answer.

I hate puzzles like this.. hehe .. I thought it was 4. but oh well.

@lukestokes
This is awesome, this puzzle really got me thinking. My first answer was cup 4, but having a closer look at the blocked pipe made me go for cup 6 and there was no outlet, went further to choose cup7 not knowing the cup itself is having an outlet ...but in all sincerity, I never saw cup 8.

From your analysis, I think I was feeling so sure about my answers just as you said 
>we all think we're "above average," and we all want to latch on to an answer once we think we have it which resolves our cognitive dissonance. We're happy with ourselves and maybe even feeling a bit smug and superior to everyone else who "got it wrong."

I think you are right and I will really love to add this that we should all look at things closely before giving answer confidently, which I am also guilty of.

This puzzle really got me thinking about humans and how we see things from different perspective and how we arrived at our results...this is really helpful.

Thanks for sharing this.
Followed, upped and resteemed
@bekky

could be 5 because when overflowing the water drops first in the bucket 5 😁🙌 I think win win hahaha. greetings entertain me with this post.👏👍

@lukestokes
This is awesome, this puzzle really got me thinking. My first answer was cup 4, but having a closer look at the blocked pipe made me go for cup 6 and there was no outlet, went further to choose cup7 not knowing the cup itself is having an outlet ...but in all sincerity, I never saw cup 8.

From your analysis, I think I was feeling so sure about my answers just as you said 
>we all think we're "above average," and we all want to latch on to an answer once we think we have it which resolves our cognitive dissonance. We're happy with ourselves and maybe even feeling a bit smug and superior to everyone else who "got it wrong."

I think you are right and I will really love to add this that we should all look at things closely before giving answer confidently, which I am also guilty of.

This puzzle really got me thinking about humans and how we see things from different perspective and how we arrived at our results...this is really helpful.

Thanks for sharing this.
Followed, upped and resteemed
@bekky

I concluded six also until I scrolled down and saw the answer was eight!  Dumbfounded I went back and saw the other block and couldn't believe I missed it!  Nice one Luke and lots o' fun!

LOL i didn't even see 8 in the corner! haha nice share

Haha I agree with you on this one....however the question can be very tricky and we move with speed thinking that we know the answe...good one indeed-thanks and I hope the site is working great for you now...not all that well for me hence why I couldnt comment for a while now...I cited you on my latest post about the issue -feel free to see it and happy weekend.