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thefantom1
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A similar brain teaser... you are lost in the woods that is inhabited by 2 tribes..One tribe is friendly and will always tells the truth...the other tribe are cannibals and will always lie..you run into a tribesman (unknown which tribe) and get to ask him one question..what question do you ask??
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thefantom1 said:
Do you prefer your people raw or cooked?
If it were a friendly one they'd be disgusted.
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You are making this more difficult than it needs to be. The thought process behind the question is rather basic.
remember 2nd grade kids answered fast and more acurately than the Harvard students. when i first read the question....i was thinking of complex ways to answer the question....you have to think simple and like a child.
booger....your right on track.
You are making this more difficult than it needs to be. The thought process behind the question is rather basic.
remember 2nd grade kids answered fast and more acurately than the Harvard students. when i first read the question....i was thinking of complex ways to answer the question....you have to think simple and like a child.
booger....your right on track.
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booger
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This shit gives me a headache. But what it comes down to is whatever button the computers tell you will cause the detonation, you pick the opposite button. It's kind of hard to put in words.
Damn computers. This whole thing is based on the premise that the computers know what the other computer will say and react accordingly.
I got to go. I'll check back tomorrow if no one has put this double negative logic out here then I'll take a stab at it.
This shit gives me a headache. But what it comes down to is whatever button the computers tell you will cause the detonation, you pick the opposite button. It's kind of hard to put in words.
Damn computers. This whole thing is based on the premise that the computers know what the other computer will say and react accordingly.
I got to go. I'll check back tomorrow if no one has put this double negative logic out here then I'll take a stab at it.
I think booger said it first--ask either computer "what would the other computer say is the safe button?" Going by this we know that the lying computer will recommend the opposite of what the other will say and the truthful computer would recommend exactly what the other will say. So if you happen to ask the lying computer what the truthful computer would say, he'd give the opposite and tell you the bomb button. If you asked the truthful computer what the lying computer would say, he'd give the truth. Either way you find out which button is the safe button.
However, if the computers aren't networked then that's a whole different paint job.
However, if the computers aren't networked then that's a whole different paint job.
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