Annoying Test Question

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(read the text first) What are the questions...

Poll ended at Tue Jul 10, 2007 4:36 pm

The Questions are both True
3
30%
The Questions are both False
7
70%
 
Total votes: 10

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Combuster wrote:Now, what if one of the guards tell you he is the one who always lies?
I do not, I tell the truth!
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This sentence is false.



off the topic - I've noticed a lot of polls showing up recently.
My OS is Perception.
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MessiahAndrw wrote:off the topic - I've noticed a lot of polls showing up recently.
Yea, something tells me there was a reason why it was disabled earlier...
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Zacariaz wrote:
AJ wrote:You are in a room with only 2 doors out. One door leads to heaven and one to hell (or your equivalents!). Once you have opened a door, you must proceed through it. There is a guard at each door, who knows what lies behind each door. One always tells the truth and one always lies but you don't know which is which. You have one question to one guard. What do you ask before going through a door?
I would ask something like: "would the other guard tell me that this door leads to heaven"

If the answer is yes and he tells the truth, then its not the door to heaven
If the answer is yes and he lies, then then it is not the door to heaven
If the answer is no and he tells the truth, then it is the door to heaven
If the answer is no and he lies, then it is the door to heaven

or so i think...
I would ask him, "Does one plus one equal two?".
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I would ask him, "Does one plus one equal two?".
But then you wasted your question and you still don't know which door to take.
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I figured the guard at the door to hell (or equivalent) would lie.. and yes I feel right into the trap of it never being specified what door which guard would be at.
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The answer is that they are both false: for the ones who voted for this you get a prize:

but since i can't afford nothing... then u get nothin!
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Speewave wrote:The answer is that they are both false: for the ones who voted for this you get a prize:

but since i can't afford nothing... then u get nothin!
But, how were we supposed to come to this conclusion?
I voted for them both being false.
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Post by Combuster »

If you would care to put up the correct explanation, then at least we know whether we have been guessing or that some mental offsprings were actually worth the time posting :D
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