A response to Martin Brumby
Intelligent comments need a (hopefully) intelligent answer
Dear Martin and readers, Martin is skirting around one of the oldest chestnuts in the game: infection vs activation. This chestnut is one of the particular puzzles which has been exercising what’s left of my brain for decades.
We partially covered the issue in an original riddle:
and again, perhaps in a more detailed way in an update:
The second one repor…