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Here is a Good Riddle, I Cant figure it out!

deerhntrdeerhntr Member Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited February 2004 in General Discussion
There are 2 villages, called the Truth-tellers Village and the Liars Village. The Truth-tellers ONLY tell the truth, and the Liars ONLY lie. A man is walking down a path and comes to a fork in the road. One of the roads leads to the Truth-tellers Village, and the other to the Liars Village, but he does not know which path leads to which village. There is a person standing at the fork in the road, and the man does not know if this person is a Truth-teller or a Liar. However, he needs to find out which path leads to each village. There is one thing he can say to the man at the fork in the road to find out which village is which.

What is that question/statement?? Remember...he has no way of knowing if the man will be a Liar or a Truth-teller.


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  • gap1916gap1916 Member Posts: 4,977
    edited November -1
    are you a man? and which way to your village?

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  • Rebel_JamesRebel_James Member Posts: 4,746
    edited November -1
    I can't figure it out either. But when someone does, we'll all be slappin our forehead, saying....

    DAMN! That was SO SIMPLE, I shoulda thought of that!



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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    The logician points to one of the roads and says to the native, "If I were to ask if this road leads to the village, would you say 'Yes'?" The native is forced to give the right answer, even if he is a liar! If the road does lead to the village, the liar would say,"No" to the direct question; but as the question is put, he lies and says he would reply, "Yes." Thus the logician can be certain that the road does lead to the village, whether the respondent is a truth-teller or a liar. On the other hand, if the road actually does not go to the village, the liar is forced in the same way to say "No"


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  • gun_runnergun_runner Member Posts: 8,999
    edited November -1
    Tell me which village is which or I will blow your head off.

    That will most likely get an honest answer. Dont you think?[:D]

    Larry
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  • daddodaddo Member Posts: 3,408
    edited November -1
    I would say "If I go to my right, will I be going to your left to get to the truth tellers villiage"? *(See if you can fiqure it out from here.)
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  • Rebel_JamesRebel_James Member Posts: 4,746
    edited November -1
    daddo...

    DAMN! That was SO SIMPLE, I shoulda thought of that!



    "If they won't give us good terms, come back and we'll fight it out."
    -- Gen. James Longstreet
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  • bigdaddyjuniorbigdaddyjunior Member Posts: 11,233
    edited November -1
    Stomp on his toe and ask him if it hurt and would you point the way to the truth teller's village.

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  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    Just ask simply "which road goes to your village?" If he's a liar he'll point to the truth-tellers fork and if he's a truth-teller he'll point to the truth-tellers fork. Regardless of which village he belongs to he'll direct you to the truth-tellers fork.

    Lord Lowrider the Loquacious.

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    But when she saw my rod she reeled.
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  • gun_runnergun_runner Member Posts: 8,999
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Lowrider
    Just ask simply "which road goes to your village?" If he's a liar he'll point to the truth-tellers fork and if he's a truth-teller he'll point to the truth-tellers fork. Regardless of which village he belongs to he'll direct you to the truth-tellers fork.

    Lord Lowrider the Loquacious.

    Member:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets

    She was only a fisherman's daughter,
    But when she saw my rod she reeled.
    I think you nailed it...

    Larry
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  • matwormatwor Member Posts: 20,594
    edited November -1
    Which way to your village?

    Doesn't matter, truth-teller or liar.

    Liar.......he lies and points you in the right direction.

    Truth-teller........DUH!!

    "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

    Edmund Burke
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  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    Wow man, why didn't I think of that? [xx(]

    Lord Lowrider the Loquacious.

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    But when she saw my rod she reeled.
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  • Colt SuperColt Super Member Posts: 31,007 ✭
    edited November -1
    Soot him, and find your own way.

    God Bless America and...
    NEVER Forget WACO
    NEVER, EVER Forget 911
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  • matwormatwor Member Posts: 20,594
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Doug Wilson
    Soot him, and find your own way.

    God Bless America and...
    NEVER Forget WACO
    NEVER, EVER Forget 911


    Don't you need a chimney for that?[;)][:D]

    "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

    Edmund Burke
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  • jsergovicjsergovic Member Posts: 5,526
    edited November -1
    It's too easy. The liar must be able to lie or tell the truth (in which case they would be lying in saying they always lie).
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,529 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just simply ask him " are you going my way" ?
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  • alledanalledan Member Posts: 19,541
    edited November -1
    Is this a political party question?[:D][:D]

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