A Number Riddle, Updated With Solution, And Some Comments On Iterative Playgrounds

Two weeks ago I posted a puzzle sent to me by my nephew Matthew: 1 is 3, 3 is 5, 5 is 4, and 4 is cosmic. Why is 4 cosmic? What happens to the other numbers? As I mentioned in the earlier post, I slept on this before solving it. I initially thought about … Read more