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| aswin |
Posted
on 26-Feb-03 05:27 PM
There was a powerful prince who had a hunting reserve with pheasants. Poaching was forbidden and punishable by death. Anyone caught poaching could decide between hanging and beheading by making a statement. If the statement is true, the culprit is to be beheaded; if it is false, hanged. Given that the decision rule is stricly enforced, is it possible to make a one-sentence statement which will let you live and, if so, what is it?
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| aswin |
Posted
on 26-Feb-03 05:28 PM
and another:
A village has a barber who shaves all those in the village who do not shave themselves. Does he shave himself?
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| aswin |
Posted
on 26-Feb-03 05:28 PM
here is another one:
A man in the desert is close to dying of thirst. He comes to a two-way fork in the path and knows that one leads to an oasis and the other deeper into the desert and he has no idea which is which. To aid him, an old man sits at the fork who answers any questions put to him truly every second day and falsely every other second day. Not knowing which day it is and being allowed a single question, is it possible to find out which way to go and, if so, what do you ask?
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| aswin |
Posted
on 26-Feb-03 05:30 PM
i would be glad to find answers to these questions. Thanks for your help!!
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| aswin |
Posted
on 26-Feb-03 05:30 PM
last but not the least. but dont worry i will keep u guys updated with some more:
An natural number (positive integer) may be expressed in the English language without the use of symbols or digits. The number 1234 is thus “one thousand two hundred thirty four;” an articulation that requires six syllables. It is clear that there exist natural numbers which require exactly 19 syllables to articulate. Among these, it is also clear that there is a smallest one. The speech “least natural number not nameable in less than nineteen syllables” uniquely specifies this number and requires eighteen syllables. Explain this contradiction.
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| aswin |
Posted
on 27-Feb-03 04:07 AM
no response?
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| noname |
Posted
on 27-Feb-03 06:37 AM
Aswin, some of your paradox reminds me of Bertrand Russel...!! :)
But I am clueless!!!!
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| llkathmandu |
Posted
on 27-Feb-03 06:55 AM
For your second one, I think it is to ask "Which way you will show me to the oasis if I ask you tomorrow ?", an follow the other way what he shows and that should lead you to oasis.
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| aswin |
Posted
on 27-Feb-03 08:59 AM
thanks noname and llkathmandu for ur response....
i would be really be glad to get answers for other questions...
thanks a lot!
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| aswin |
Posted
on 28-Feb-03 05:29 PM
cmon guys!!!!
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| psychodreamer |
Posted
on 28-Feb-03 06:01 PM
Response to the first question:
A statement can either be true or false, meaning positve or negative. There can bo no ambiguity on the meaning of the statement. Since truth leads to one result and the false result to the other, there is no way a person caught can save himself.
But he can save himself by saying such things as
"The prince recently lost his di&k." In this case the prince has to prove this statement either true or false. In either case prince looses.
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