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questionauthority) wrote2011-03-19 01:17 am
questionauthority) wrote2011-03-19 01:17 am
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Riddle 022: On the Open Road
[Standard Drone Filter in Play]
A question for all of you, Mayfield---and yes, it's most certainly a topical one.
A driver comes to a fork in the road and doesn't know which way to go to reach his destination. There are two men at the fork, one of whom always tells the truth while the other always lies. The driver doesn't know which is which, though. He may ask one of the men only one question to find his way. Which man does he ask, and what is the question?
There are questions you should be asking yourselves, as well, you know. Where did this highway come from, all of a sudden? Where does it truly lead to? And why would our dear friend Officer Grady be so insistent that we stay off the roads? Could this be a way out of Mayfield?
[He chuckles, self-assuredly.]
I'll admit, these questions certainly are fascinating. And I'm sure the answers will be found. Besides---at a fork in the road, who would you be more willing to get answers from? A man who only tells lies? Or a man who always tells the truth?
Someone like Officer Grady? Or someone like Edward Nigma?
I intend to hold a little gathering of the minds this Sunday to try and get to the bottom of all this. The choice to attend is yours, of course. Still---if you'd like to be educated, you know where to find me. Though, again, to those of you who joined me last month, you'd be interested to know that I don't intend to hold another meeting in the same place twice. I have far too much class, after all.
A question for all of you, Mayfield---and yes, it's most certainly a topical one.
A driver comes to a fork in the road and doesn't know which way to go to reach his destination. There are two men at the fork, one of whom always tells the truth while the other always lies. The driver doesn't know which is which, though. He may ask one of the men only one question to find his way. Which man does he ask, and what is the question?
There are questions you should be asking yourselves, as well, you know. Where did this highway come from, all of a sudden? Where does it truly lead to? And why would our dear friend Officer Grady be so insistent that we stay off the roads? Could this be a way out of Mayfield?
[He chuckles, self-assuredly.]
I'll admit, these questions certainly are fascinating. And I'm sure the answers will be found. Besides---at a fork in the road, who would you be more willing to get answers from? A man who only tells lies? Or a man who always tells the truth?
Someone like Officer Grady? Or someone like Edward Nigma?
I intend to hold a little gathering of the minds this Sunday to try and get to the bottom of all this. The choice to attend is yours, of course. Still---if you'd like to be educated, you know where to find me. Though, again, to those of you who joined me last month, you'd be interested to know that I don't intend to hold another meeting in the same place twice. I have far too much class, after all.
[phone]
Say that you add a third man--well, let's make it a woman, actually. [She laughs.] And now all that you know is that of these three people, one of them tells the truth, one of them lies, and one of them uses a coin to decide whether or not he or she is going to tell the truth for any particular question.
That is, given a meta-question such as "What would you say if I asked you this next question?" he or she will flip a coin first for the inner question, deciding whether he would tell the truth, then flip it again for the overall question.
I think that it can be solved in one question, and it can certainly be in two questions.
By the way, is the meaning of 'if you want to be educated, you know where to find me' that I should find you at your classroom in the school on Sunday?
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That's quite a creative answer. Very creative, indeed. With that logic, it could be solved in two.
[If Edward ever posed that question back in Arkham, he's sure that Two-Face would flip. Literally.]
As always, Ms. Sasaki, your insight serves you well. Be there at nine o'clock PM.
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