Sphinx's Riddle
A traveler answers the Sphinx's riddle with a reference to a shape-shifting robot rather than 'Man.'
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-09-14-sphinx-s-riddle/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
Sphinx: "What walks on four legs in the morning, two at midday, and three in the evening?"
A: "Well, in a slightly forced metaphorical sense, Man. But much more literally, Boston Dynamics has a robot just like that."
Sphinx: "Yes, that's what I was going for."