OK folks,
This really isn’t a joke, but a problem in logic which I think you all might enjoy. Let me say that it IS resolvable, and highlights a situation that we are often faced with in real life. I came across it in a college course when the professor was demonstrating a point.
For the first one who posts the correct, complete answer, I will make available a cubic foot of gold – providing they can hand carry it themselves, unaided by any mechanical means and with no destruction or disfigurement of the original block, - from my home to the curb. (They would have a week to accomplish this task, - providing they first demonstrate their ability to accomplish the task itself.)
OK – Here is the situation – Remember, the correct answer must include an explanation of why it is the correct answer.
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In this Mythical Kingdom there lived only two types of people - Knights who only told the truth, and Jesters who only lied.
To this mythical kingdom there came a traveling salesman who approached three people who were standing together. He asked the first one if he was a Knight or a Jester – and the man answered him, but the salesman didn’t hear the answer.
He then asked the second one what the first one had said, and the second one responded, saying, “He said he was a Knight.” Whereupon the third person said, “Oh no, he said he was a Jester.”
Now the question is – What did the first man say, and why?
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Good Luck,
Burt
This really isn’t a joke, but a problem in logic which I think you all might enjoy. Let me say that it IS resolvable, and highlights a situation that we are often faced with in real life. I came across it in a college course when the professor was demonstrating a point.
For the first one who posts the correct, complete answer, I will make available a cubic foot of gold – providing they can hand carry it themselves, unaided by any mechanical means and with no destruction or disfigurement of the original block, - from my home to the curb. (They would have a week to accomplish this task, - providing they first demonstrate their ability to accomplish the task itself.)
OK – Here is the situation – Remember, the correct answer must include an explanation of why it is the correct answer.
* * * * * * * * * * *
In this Mythical Kingdom there lived only two types of people - Knights who only told the truth, and Jesters who only lied.
To this mythical kingdom there came a traveling salesman who approached three people who were standing together. He asked the first one if he was a Knight or a Jester – and the man answered him, but the salesman didn’t hear the answer.
He then asked the second one what the first one had said, and the second one responded, saying, “He said he was a Knight.” Whereupon the third person said, “Oh no, he said he was a Jester.”
Now the question is – What did the first man say, and why?
* * * * * * * * * * *
Good Luck,
Burt
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