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27 Jun 18
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You have two people, A & B.
One will always tell the truth; the other will always lie. (Each is aware of the other's nature.)
You can ask A one question. What would you ask?
One will always tell the truth; the other will always lie. (Each is aware of the other's nature.)
You can ask A one question. What would you ask?
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^^^^ What would you ask to ascertain which was the liar?
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If I ask B a question, will he tell me the truth?
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"Were I to ask the other fellow which one of you is a liar, what would he say?"
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That didn't last long. WD!
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Apologies, IAWN, it's very similar to something I'd heard before so I should have stayed quiet. Always tough to resist a quiz question. :)
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It's normally couched as a biblical conundrum.
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The question you want answered correctly is asked as "what would the other chap answer if ....?" . You then take the opposite .
EG A traveller comes to a fork in the road and the only person he can ask for directions can be either liar or truthteller . "What would a member of the other tribe say if I asked for the correct road?" The answer is given and you take the opposite route. It is a long time since I have come across this question. |
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Two positives or negatives become a positive but positive and negative is negative .
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will germany win the world cup.....?
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I liked the answer given by Kasper Hauser in the "The Enigma Of Kasper Hauser".
Kaspar: I should ask the man whether he was a tree-frog. The man from the truth village would say: “No, I’m not a tree-frog”, because he tells the truth. The man from the liars’ village would say: “Yes, I’m a tree-frog”, because he would tell a lie. So I know where he comes from.  |
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hfink - for you!! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9uqPeIYMik
"Understanding is secondary, the reasoning is the thing" |
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Thanks blackburn, it's a great clip isn't. It's certainly hard do argue with Kasper's 'reasoning'!
I caught the film a few years back when Film4 were running a season of Herzog films and this scene was a real laugh out loud moment, so that's probably why it stuck in the mind. It's a marvellous film by a marvellous director. |
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*isn't it
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