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It does because the title is connected to the figure and the question.. The firgure are rectangles with elipse on top of one end.. no color, but common sense tells us it represent an arrangement of matchsticks that need to be modify for higher symmetry.. You could see dozen solutions easily , Yet chosen the square cross..why not the 2x2 square? why not the tic-tac-toe? This is where you supposed start to wonder and recheck and reconsider everything.. or 'look inside the box'.

It's not clear whether the back story to this post is the escape from constraint of anyone else's opinion, or simply the claim of absolute superiority of one's own thinking. This uncertainty is a meta-puzzle in itself, and it is one that may merit its own thread. However, this forum is for questions about logic and math, so if such a thread is started it should be placed in the Others forum. Further posts of this type are subject to deletion. Regarding the current thread, the author of the OP put "red ends" in his drawing, and he confirmed, when the question was raised, they are part of the required symmetry of the solving configuration.

This is a simple mechanics+ geometry puzzle.. I'm not sure if the "2015 MIT Mystery Hunt" is a type of metapuzzle?