Another Superficial Sunday - where we pursue the Trivial!
Today's Quota is an interesting one.
Or it could be very, very boring, depending on who you are.
In 1996, US logician (??) George Boolos conceived what is supposedly the most difficult logic puzzle ever.
This was featured in the Christmas issue of New Scientist. Unfortunately, to view the entire article, you'd need to sign up (it's for free and doesn't take long).
Otherwise, this is the puzzle;
Basically, it's a statistician's Saturday night.
Some if you might give it a few minutes, others might have better things to do (I fell somewhere in-between). Hell, it might even intrigue someone enough to put the hard yards in.
But hey, at least we know it exists right?
And that apparently a logician is a profession.
Anywho, today's quota is the solution!
READ IT HERE
Today's Quota is an interesting one.
Or it could be very, very boring, depending on who you are.
In 1996, US logician (??) George Boolos conceived what is supposedly the most difficult logic puzzle ever.
This was featured in the Christmas issue of New Scientist. Unfortunately, to view the entire article, you'd need to sign up (it's for free and doesn't take long).
Otherwise, this is the puzzle;
“Three gods A, B and C are called, in some order, True, False, and Random. True always speaks truly, False always speaks falsely, but whether Random speaks truly or falsely is a completely random matter. Your task is to determine the identities of A, B, and C by asking three yes-no questions; each question must be put to exactly one god. The gods understand English, but will answer all questions in their own language in which the words for ‘yes’ and ‘no’ are ‘da’ and ‘ja’, in some order. You do not know which word means which.”Clearly, it's time-consuming, and contains a whole bunch of variables like randomness, honesty and linguistic barriers.
Basically, it's a statistician's Saturday night.
Some if you might give it a few minutes, others might have better things to do (I fell somewhere in-between). Hell, it might even intrigue someone enough to put the hard yards in.
But hey, at least we know it exists right?
And that apparently a logician is a profession.
Anywho, today's quota is the solution!
READ IT HERE
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