• FerretyFever0@fedia.io
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    4 months ago

    Ah. Normally I see this with no limit on questions. You’re right. It’d only work with at least two questions.

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      4 months ago

      I’ve only heard it with one question, that’s the whole point. Otherwise you just ask a guard some trivial question (e.g. What color is the sky?) to determine which is the liar, then just ask which is the safe door.

      The whole point is to get the information you need from a single question.

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        4 months ago

        “What would the result be of combining the following terms with “and”: the direction of the correct door, and the color of the sky?”

        edit: im stupid

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      4 months ago

      You can ask both guards if an item is an item. “Does this cup contain fluid” would work, it doesn’t have to be a dead guy.