Evidently this solution is stretching the idea of what makes images "different". Each corresponding pair of panels would be parsed as identical in any other case. It is worth noting that if you view this Problem on a template, the solution no longer applies at all.

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP936 BP937 BP938 BP939 BP940  *  BP942 BP943 BP944 BP945 BP946

less, precise, dual, antihuman, contributepairs, invalid, experimental, funny

Leo Crabbe

See BP547 for the version with links to pages on the OEBP instead of images of Bongard Problems (miniproblems).

Any left example in this BP will be a left example for BP1084.

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP947 BP948 BP949 BP950 BP951  *  BP953 BP954 BP955 BP956 BP957

meta (see left/right), miniproblems, funny, presentationinvariant

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Leo Crabbe

"Image of Bongard Problem with solution X vs. empty image" where X is the phrase in quotes.

See BP959, BP902.

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP948 BP949 BP950 BP951 BP952  *  BP954 BP955 BP956 BP957 BP958

nice, precise, meta (see left/right), miniproblems, overriddensolution, right-full, right-null, perfect, infinitedetail, experimental, funny

zoom in left (bp953_image) | zoom in right (blank_image)

Leo Crabbe

See BP953, BP902.

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP954 BP955 BP956 BP957 BP958  *  BP960 BP961 BP962 BP963 BP964

less, meta (see left/right), miniproblems, left-finite, right-finite, left-full, right-full, right-null, perfect, infinitedetail, finished, experimental, funny

zoom in left | zoom in right (blank_image)

Aaron David Fairbanks, Leo Crabbe

Right:

All are "all but one are ___"; all but one are black.

All are "every other is ___"; every other is solid polygons.

All are "gradually becoming ___"; gradually becoming thickly outlined.

Left:

All but one are "all but one are ___".

Every other is "every other is ___".

Gradually becoming "gradually becoming ___".

Here is another way of putting it:

Call it "meta" when the whole imitates its parts, and call it "doubly-meta" when the whole imitates its parts with respect to the way it imitates its parts. Left are doubly-meta, while right are just meta.

Here is a more belabored way of putting it:

Call something like "is star-shaped" a "rule". An object can satisfy a rule.

Call something like "all but one are ___" a "rule-parametrized rule". A collection of objects can satisfy a rule-parametrized rule with respect to a particular rule.

On the right: every collection fits the same rule-parametrized rule (with respect to various rules); furthermore the collection of collections fits that same rule-parametrized rule (with respect to some unrelated rule that collections can satisfy).

On the left: The collection of collections fits a rule-parametrized rule with respect to the rule of fitting that rule-parametrized rule (with respect to various rules).

Previously, an unintended solution to this BP was "not all groups share some noticeable property vs. all do." It is hard to come up with examples foiling this alternative solution because the rule-parametrized rule (see explanation above) usually has to do with not all objects in the collection fitting the rule. (See BP568, which is about BP ideas that are always overridden by a simpler solution.) The example EX10108 "all five are 'all five are ___'" was added, foiling the alternative solution.

The right side of this Problem is a subset of BP999^left.

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP993 BP994 BP995 BP996 BP997  *  BP999 BP1000 BP1001 BP1002 BP1003

"Odd one out with respect to what property is the odd one out" would not fit left: even though this example does seem doubly-meta, it is not doubly-meta in the right way. There is no odd one out with respect to the property of having an odd one out.

Similarly, consider "gradual transition with respect to what the gradual transition is between", etc. Instead of having the form "X 'X __' ", this is more like "X [the __ appearing in 'X __']". Examples like these two could make for a different Bongard Problem.

hard, less, unwordable, challenge, overriddensolution, infodense, contributepairs, funny, rules, miniworlds

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Aaron David Fairbanks

An image of this Bongard Problem fits on the left side.

See BP867 for a similar BP that sorts links to pages on the OEBP instead of images of Bongard Problems.

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP996 BP997 BP998 BP999 BP1000  *  BP1002 BP1003 BP1004 BP1005 BP1006

stub, notso, meta (see left/right), miniproblems, funny

Aaron David Fairbanks

This is a typical kind of joke answer people give for Bongard Problems when they cannot find an answer.

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP1003 BP1004 BP1005 BP1006 BP1007  *  BP1009 BP1010 BP1011 BP1012 BP1013

dual, arbitrary, handed, leftright, updown, boundingbox, blackwhite, antihuman, right-null, perfect, pixelperfect, help, experimental, funny, absoluteposition, bordercontent

Aaron David Fairbanks

Two kinds of "nothing".

See also BP1219, "blank image vs. image of blank square".

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP1051 BP1052 BP1053 BP1054 BP1055  *  BP1057 BP1058 BP1059 BP1060 BP1061

less, left-finite, right-finite, left-full, right-full, left-null, finished, invalid, experimental, funny, finishedexamples

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zoom in left (blank_image) | zoom in right (nothing)

Aaron David Fairbanks

This Problem is not to be taken seriously.

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP1136 BP1137 BP1138 BP1139 BP1140  *  BP1142 BP1143 BP1144 BP1145 BP1146

example, overriddensolution, right-full, right-null, invalid, experimental, funny

Leo Crabbe

The intended presentation is that the animations are displayed without access to the underlying GIF files, so that there is no way to tell a dot blinks besides waiting.

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP1158 BP1159 BP1160 BP1161 BP1162  *  BP1164 BP1165 BP1166 BP1167 BP1168

example, animated, right-unknowable, finished, experimental, funny

Aaron David Fairbanks, Jago Collins