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« on: May 09, 2011, 03:11:15 PM »
You come to a T Intersection.  
One road leads to the Village of Lies (all who come from there MUST always lie).  
The other leads to the Village of Truths (all of whom MUST always tell the truth - and it is your destination).  

There are two people standing at the intersection...
one from each village (they have knowledge of each other's village)...there is no correlation to their position on the road and to the villages...

By EITHER...
making ONE statement OR...
asking them ONE question...

How would you know, definitively, how to get to the Village of Truths?
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« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2011, 03:43:28 PM »
An interesting twist of logic. I believe I know the answer, but I won't post it yet just yet Smiley
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« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2011, 03:55:27 PM »
Alright...perhaps you have one...do you know both ways (through statement /  through a question)?
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« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2011, 07:35:18 AM »
This will make my brain explode.

It's obviously not "which way is the village of truth/lies

What about "what colour is the sky on a sunny day over in the village to the right?" Then again you wouldn't know which village it is, just which person is lying... and you're only allowed to ask one question!!!

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« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2011, 12:25:18 PM »
There are several ways to do this.  There are several questions and statements one could use.
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« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2011, 12:28:33 PM »
Well I can't think of any, I suck!
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« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2011, 12:35:01 PM »
Most can't do it.  Where I used to work...very few could correctly answer this.
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« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2011, 12:38:27 PM »
I cheated, I googled it and saw a painfully obvious answer of "Point me to your village"
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« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2011, 01:47:41 PM »
It is torture not knowing isn't it?   Smiley
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« Reply #9 on: May 20, 2011, 02:48:55 AM »
Quote from: Shiroi Tora on May 09, 2011, 03:11:15 PM
You come to a T Intersection.  
One road leads to the Village of Lies (all who come from there MUST always lie).  
The other leads to the Village of Truths (all of whom MUST always tell the truth - and it is your destination).  

There are two people standing at the intersection...
one from each village (they have knowledge of each other's village)...there is no correlation to their position on the road and to the villages...

By EITHER...
making ONE statement OR...
asking them ONE question...

How would you know, definitively, how to get to the Village of Truths?

So what you need to say and do is go up and talk to one person, point to the other and ask "If I asked this person how to get to the Village of Truth, what would they say?"

If you spoke to the person who tells the truth, they know that the other person tells lies, and so they'd tell you "The other person would tell you to go to THIS village" (it would be the wrong one because the truthful person knows that the other person is a liar)

If you spoke to the person who tells lies, they're aware that the other person tells the truth, but they always lie, so they would say "The other person would tell you to go to THIS village" (once again it's the wrong one because the liar tells lies)

What you would then do is go to the OPPOSITE village of what you'd been told, and it would definitely be the Village of Truth.

Hope that's correct Smiley
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« Reply #10 on: May 20, 2011, 05:13:47 AM »
Ding...Ding...Ding...Yes...now what statement could be said to get you there?
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« Reply #11 on: May 20, 2011, 10:19:20 PM »
Quote from: Shiroi Tora on May 20, 2011, 05:13:47 AM
Ding...Ding...Ding...Yes...now what statement could be said to get you there?

Ummm.... I'm afraid you'll need to tell me. I believe the only statement that's helped me is "The other person would tell you to go to THIS village". Are you looking for some sort of metaphor? If so, I don't know it.

However Thank You Shiroi Tora for crediting me with the right answer.

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« Reply #12 on: May 20, 2011, 10:27:00 PM »
Take me to your village!
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