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On June 21, 2023 at 11:37AM EST JayZay wrote:

Stuck after scrolling and watching the video. I was taken back to the page to enter the solution, but when I try to enter anything and check the bar just keeps spinning and spinning. I have already clicked 'the' and it changed to 'your'. I feel like I am missing something really obvious, any hints?

On June 10, 2023 at 10:06PM EST BrianRipose responded to Just-A:

I'm stuck in the same place. How did you resolve it?

On January 14, 2023 at 12:26AM EST Just-A wrote:

Okay, so I've started this journey. I've completed the facade puzzle, and I'm scrolling through darkness. I can click on a hidden link, and am sent back to the solution cards with "?because=I-choose-to" in the URL. What am I supposed to do with this? The hints below around "italicized words" and the word "the" are not helpful, as clicking on those or entering them does nothing. Other commenters have mentioned something "jiggling" or a video starting, but neither of those "clues" are relevant either as there is no movement anywhere, nor any place to start a video.


Resolved: this appears to be a browser issue, likely impacted by screen resolution. Attempting to scroll down into the darkness with the browser screen maximized will not prompt the video to auto play. Scaling the window down, or setting it to "partial" window (not minimized) will start the video and you can proceed through the remainder of the puzzle as intended.

On May 12, 2023 at 2:29PM EST PeterDonym wrote:

How do I solve the emoji puzzle?

On May 12, 2023 at 2:27PM EST PeterDonym wrote:

How do I solve the language puzzle? I can't hear anything.

On April 30, 2023 at 12:04PM EST KEBLAOMEGA wrote:

What a nice surprise to find this puzzle! I only found it after finishing Elite.

Both books were excellent - thank you for all the effort you've put into these, M.

On February 5, 2023 at 11:06AM EST Cass wrote:

Thank you all for the nudges. For a bit, I thought it would be puzzles all the way down, and I keep worrying I've still missed a layer. Time for the Elite book!

On January 14, 2023 at 12:26AM EST Just-A wrote:

Okay, so I've started this journey. I've completed the facade puzzle, and I'm scrolling through darkness. I can click on a hidden link, and am sent back to the solution cards with "?because=I-choose-to" in the URL. What am I supposed to do with this? The hints below around "italicized words" and the word "the" are not helpful, as clicking on those or entering them does nothing. Other commenters have mentioned something "jiggling" or a video starting, but neither of those "clues" are relevant either as there is no movement anywhere, nor any place to start a video.


Resolved: this appears to be a browser issue, likely impacted by screen resolution. Attempting to scroll down into the darkness with the browser screen maximized will not prompt the video to auto play. Scaling the window down, or setting it to "partial" window (not minimized) will start the video and you can proceed through the remainder of the puzzle as intended.

On January 13, 2023 at 6:15PM EST Just-A wrote:

How do I start this puzzle? I see many references to the solution cards and the dates on those cards, but my solution card screen doesn't have any dates, nor are any of the cards moveable. All of my puzzles are marked as solved. What gives?


Edit: I finally figured out that you have to enter incorrect answers repeatedly until it gives you the link to actually start the puzzle. Oooookay? Anyways, there's the answer for you future problem solvers to actually get started on this one.

On December 2, 2022 at 12:56AM EST Meli0534 responded to Rubik’s:

I got it. The movie clip never played until I used a different device. I guess it was a glitch on my tablet or the internet I was using. Thank you!

On December 1, 2022 at 9:27PM EST Rubik’s responded to Meli0534:

Ah, I think your going about it wrong, look for any other place you may find an italicized word

If you’re still stuck:

The word ‘the’ in the solution box

On December 1, 2022 at 3:43AM EST Meli0534 wrote:

I am stuck after the facade puzzle. I scrolled down until it turns dark. I tried scrolling for a while after the dark to see if it got light again. I clicked on all the words and tried putting the italicized words in the original solution box. Help! I do not know what else to try.

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On December 1, 2022 at 9:27PM EST Rubik’s responded to Meli0534:

Ah, I think your going about it wrong, look for any other place you may find an italicized word

If you’re still stuck:

The word ‘the’ in the solution box

On December 1, 2022 at 3:43AM EST Meli0534 wrote:

I am stuck after the facade puzzle. I scrolled down until it turns dark. I tried scrolling for a while after the dark to see if it got light again. I clicked on all the words and tried putting the italicized words in the original solution box. Help! I do not know what else to try.

On December 1, 2022 at 3:43AM EST Meli0534 wrote:

I am stuck after the facade puzzle. I scrolled down until it turns dark. I tried scrolling for a while after the dark to see if it got light again. I clicked on all the words and tried putting the italicized words in the original solution box. Help! I do not know what else to try.

On December 1, 2022 at 3:14AM EST Meli0534 responded to Rubik’s:

I have clicked on and tried to move every italicized word after the facade puzzle. Maybe I have been going at it too long. but I am stuck! Any further hints?

On April 13, 2022 at 4:35PM EST Rubik’s responded to noobiedog:

It’s not quite over, pay attention to the italicized word

On April 13, 2022 at 2:14PM EST noobiedog responded to themselves:

I finally finished all subsequent puzzles but there doesn't seem to be an ending point after entering the solution to the facade puzzle - just get the screen fading to black as you scroll down? Is there supposed to be something more after that?

On September 6, 2021 at 6:49PM EST noobiedog responded to notthatkindofdoctor:

Oh, wow - that did the trick!! Zoomed out and was able to complete. Thanks! Onward.... :)

On September 6, 2021 at 1:20PM EST notthatkindofdoctor responded to noobiedog:

Howdy—I was solving that on a Mac, and found it much simpler whe I finally zoomed out the view as far as I could.

On September 5, 2021 at 7:03PM EST noobiedog wrote:

I've hit a roadblock at the streaming emojis - any pointers?

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On November 15, 2022 at 1:42PM EST EMC2 responded to Link26:

watch the video closely when wolfram talks about cellular automata. around 2:30 he mentions a rule that is particularly interesting...

On November 13, 2022 at 7:17PM EST Link26 wrote:

PLEASE can I have help for why is there something rather than nothing?

On November 13, 2022 at 7:17PM EST Link26 wrote:

PLEASE can I have help for why is there something rather than nothing?

On October 17, 2022 at 3:21PM EST Harry098 wrote:

what do you do with the numbers on the facade puzzle.

On October 16, 2022 at 9:30AM EST Harry098 wrote:

i need help with the why is there something rather then nothing puzzle

On October 13, 2022 at 11:34PM EST Link26 wrote:

Can I PLEASE have help for why is there something rather than nothing? It’s driving me insane. The only thing I’ve noticed is that the squares associated with rule 14 don’t change, but beside that I’m stuck

On October 13, 2022 at 11:00PM EST Adventurik responded to EMC2:

Oooh! wow. Thank you!

On October 13, 2022 at 3:23PM EST EMC2 responded to Adventurik:

Make sure you type in your answer, then hit enter, rather than clicking that puzzle piece button at bottom right. The button always just takes you to the puzzle page, but you have to come back to type in your answer.

On October 13, 2022 at 3:08PM EST Adventurik responded to EMC2:

Thank you for your suggestion. When I type either one in that box, it takes me right back to the red/blue pill page.

On October 13, 2022 at 2:45PM EST EMC2 responded to Adventurik:

You don't actually do anything on that page, just note which pill you want to take. Then type that into the answer box on the main 42 page.

On October 13, 2022 at 2:32PM EST Adventurik responded to themselves:

Can anyone help me with this?

On October 5, 2022 at 5:03PM EST Adventurik responded to ILLUMINATINPS:

I'm on the Red Pill page, but there is no answer box. The book with the red and blue pills. The picture goes dark with the red pill, but no place to type anything. Nothing happens at all to show how to answer.

On May 7, 2022 at 7:46PM EST ILLUMINATINPS responded to Link26:

The pill screen is asking you a question, a choice… which would you rather?? Tell the answer box accordingly

On May 7, 2022 at 5:48PM EST Link26 wrote:

I have finished all the theorems, gotten the link, and clicked on the red pill but nothing seems to happen after that except the cover of the book changes. What should I do now?

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On October 13, 2022 at 9:26PM EST Rubik’s responded to Harry098:

Ahh, this one is pretty simple, All you have to do is identify the pattern in each of the three sections.

Answers (to the best of my memory) in case you get stuck.

1 Words with double letters

2Words starting with vowels

3Words that start with the same letter as the last letter of the previous word

On October 13, 2022 at 5:11PM EST Harry098 wrote:

i need the answer to the one that says in this weird weird world

On October 13, 2022 at 5:11PM EST Harry098 wrote:

i need the answer to the one that says in this weird weird world

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