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Christopher · #61 04-28-2011, 04:18 AM

What im asking you is if everything I tell you a lie or the truth
If everything I tell you is a lie is what I just said a lie? That everything I tell you is a lie?

Mr. Skiperdoo · #62 04-28-2011, 04:24 AM

No, you tell the truth about lying, telling a lie about telling the truth. This means that you're telling either both, or none.

This in turn eventually leads to a continuos spiral of paradoxes which I'm sure YOU don't even know the answer to.

However, if you want my answer, I'd have to say you're lying. After all, you sometimes tell the truth, although even that may be a lie.

Christopher · #63 04-28-2011, 04:41 AM

You got it correct, the statement itself is a lie if everything I tell you is a lie

Robert Ironcastle · #64 04-28-2011, 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Skiperdoo

Alright, here's my best shot.

A man walks into a store and buys a shovel for the price of 15$ when it's usually priced at 30$. The man behind him sees the other man walk off with the underpriced shovel, and he knows a good deal when he sees one, so he decides to buy a cheap shovel as well. But unfortunately for him, the cashier says that the shovel can only be purchased at 15$ with a purchase of 40$. However, the man has only 30$ with him, so it doesn't seem possible for him to buy the shovel for 15$. But soon the man has an idea that gets through the problem, and before you know it, he walks out of the store, shovel in hand.
Also, he bought the shovel for 15$ not 30$.

How did he do this? The solution probably won't work in real life, but it's good to ponder.

He finds a 50 dollar bill on the ground?

Swash · #65 05-04-2011, 01:15 AM

Here's one that will blow your mind.
I place $20 in a box, so do you.
There is $40 in the box now.
I then sell the box to you for $30.

Who walks away with what?

Mr. Awesome · #66 05-04-2011, 01:27 AM

You walk away 50 dollars richer because you sold only the box and not the money inside.

Tiberius Fireskull · #67 05-04-2011, 01:32 AM

Here's a classic one. I hope you guys know the answer to this one.

You are a traveler, traveling down a road, simply trying to get from point A to point B. Eventually, you come to a fork in the road, and you don't know which way to go. You do know; however, that one of these roads will lead you to your destination, the other to certain death. You notice that there are two villages near by as well. You remember that one of these villages has people that will always tell the truth, and in the other everyone lies, but you don't know which is which. And asking them will do you no good, after all. The truthful one will tell you they are the truthful ones (since they always tell the truth), but the lying ones will say that they are truthful too (since they would lie about themselves being liars.).

What can you say to either tribe that will get them to tell you which is the correct way to go?

Mr. Skiperdoo · #68 05-04-2011, 02:39 AM

Hey Davy, I already got one similar to that.

You ask each village "What would the people in the other village say if I asked them?". Naturally, the village that always tells the truth will tell the truth about the village that lies, therefore telling you to go to the path of death. However, if you ask the village with people that always lie, you'll get the same answer, telling a lie about the other villagers telling the truth. (I.E. lying)

In the end, you should follow the path they don't tell you what the other village would say.

Dark_Pixie · #69 05-07-2011, 06:16 PM

I have one that I made up the other day.

Jimmy and Darren were bored one day, so they decided to play hide and seek. Jimmy agreed to count while Darren went and hid. Darren looked for a hiding place while Jimmy closed his eyes and started counting. Then they both died. What happened?

Excuse me if this is too easy.