VagabondShad@ttrpg.network to RPGMemes @ttrpg.networkEnglish · 1 year agoClassic puzzle, new approach or just a "two kinds of people" moment?ttrpg.networkimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1674arrow-down119
arrow-up1655arrow-down1imageClassic puzzle, new approach or just a "two kinds of people" moment?ttrpg.networkVagabondShad@ttrpg.network to RPGMemes @ttrpg.networkEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squarechaosTechnician@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down2·1 year agoThe full setup is that they can both tell you about the setup, but for the One Question, they follow the rules stipulated. Neither is actually bound to always lie and always tell the truth outside of the One Question.
minus-squaresome_guy@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down10·1 year agoWell yeah you can make anything work when the rules change on a whim
minus-squareCileTheSane@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoWhen you are literally making the rules yes. It’s a riddle. There’s no “real world application” here.
minus-squaresome_guy@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down7·1 year agoYeah so the real full setup is that both of the guards can lie exactly once and only when asked the proper question to elicit their lie.
minus-squareCileTheSane@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoYes, the exact same thing said by the person you accused of changing the rules on a whim.
minus-squaresome_guy@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down8·1 year agoNo with his setup there’s different rules. My rules are the real ones
minus-squareCileTheSane@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoThe “real” ones. I guess those are the rules “real” guards use in real life? It’s a riddle. The rules are whatever suits the riddle being presented.
The full setup is that they can both tell you about the setup, but for the One Question, they follow the rules stipulated. Neither is actually bound to always lie and always tell the truth outside of the One Question.
Well yeah you can make anything work when the rules change on a whim
When you are literally making the rules yes. It’s a riddle. There’s no “real world application” here.
Yeah so the real full setup is that both of the guards can lie exactly once and only when asked the proper question to elicit their lie.
Yes, the exact same thing said by the person you accused of changing the rules on a whim.
No with his setup there’s different rules. My rules are the real ones
The “real” ones. I guess those are the rules “real” guards use in real life?
It’s a riddle. The rules are whatever suits the riddle being presented.