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- From: martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
- Newsgroups: sci.logic
- Subject: Re: The poor parachutist...
- Message-ID: <MARTINC.92Aug18224004@grover.cs.unc.edu>
- Date: 19 Aug 92 02:40:04 GMT
- References: <1992Aug18.131259.14667@wisipc.weizmann.ac.il>
- Sender: news@cs.unc.edu
- Organization: UNC Department of Computer Science
- Lines: 34
- In-reply-to: jhsegal@wiscon.weizmann.ac.il's message of 18 Aug 92 13:12:59 GMT
-
- In article <1992Aug18.131259.14667@wisipc.weizmann.ac.il> jhsegal@wiscon.weizmann.ac.il (Livy) writes:
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-
- Ok..Now let's see you,logic gguys resolving this question: Let's
- assume that somewhere(on other planet??) there are 2 cities:a city
- with honest people ,who NEVER lie,and a city with crooks,who NEVER
- TELL the TRUTH. One day per year they are going to shoping to the
- other city,so they are all mixed together in both cities.On the very
- same crazy day,a poor parachutist jumped exactly in one of the two
- cities.The guy know he is in one of those cities,but he doesn't know
- in which of them.Now THE BIG QUESTION is:What question should he ask
- one of the people he sees,so he could deduce in which city he
- is.Remember:The man he is asking could be a liar or a honest man.HE
- (the parchutist) doesn't know it.
-
- NOW,let's see your brains working!!
- Livy. (I know the answer!!)
-
- That's easy: he should ask "Have you ever heard the puzzle about the guy
- who has to figure out whether he's in the city of all completely
- truthful people, or the city of all complete liars?"
-
- If the random person says "no" he knows he's in the city of liars.
-
- Don't teach your grandma to suck eggs, bubela.
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- "I am he who walks the States with a barb'd tongue, questioning every
- one I meet,/Who are you that wanted only to be told what you knew
- before?/ Who are you that wanted only a book to join you in your
- nonsense?" _Leaves of Grass_ xxiii.4.
-