• chaosTechnician@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    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.

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        1 year ago

        When you are literally making the rules yes. It’s a riddle. There’s no “real world application” here.

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          1 year ago

          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.

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                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.