Comments on: MEGAPOST!!! http://nick.onetwenty.org/index.php/2009/09/01/megapost/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:29:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: Greg M http://nick.onetwenty.org/index.php/2009/09/01/megapost/#comment-45065 Greg M Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:26:06 +0000 http://nick.onetwenty.org/?p=1968#comment-45065 I've been thinking about 3 Idols puzzle on and off since you posted this, today I finally cracked and decided I had more faith in my proof of impossibility than I had resolve to solve the problem. So *horror* I looked at the solution. I don't follow. :( Did you ever make sense of it? POTENTIAL SPOILER: It seems to imply that if you asked the Random Idol what it would answer to a hypothetical question, it would either tell the truth about answering that question truthfully, or lie about answering it falsely. This assumption is certainly not stated in the question. I’ve been thinking about 3 Idols puzzle on and off since you posted this, today I finally cracked and decided I had more faith in my proof of impossibility than I had resolve to solve the problem.

So *horror* I looked at the solution.

I don’t follow. :( Did you ever make sense of it?

POTENTIAL SPOILER:

It seems to imply that if you asked the Random Idol what it would answer to a hypothetical question, it would either tell the truth about answering that question truthfully, or lie about answering it falsely. This assumption is certainly not stated in the question.

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