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cascades
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Singapore6122 Posts
October 31 2009 17:55 GMT
#21
It is just that in a real life situation your chances of getting 3 perfectly logical person is one in 6 billion.
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DoctorHelvetica
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States15034 Posts
October 31 2009 18:15 GMT
#22
How stupid would you have to be to see two white hats and not immediately call out black. It requires D to not be blind, not to be intelligent.
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Zinbiel
Profile Joined October 2008
Sweden878 Posts
October 31 2009 18:22 GMT
#23
On November 01 2009 03:15 DoctorHelvetica wrote:
How stupid would you have to be to see two white hats and not immediately call out black. It requires D to not be blind, not to be intelligent.

agreed, you would actually have to be criminally stupid not to see the connection "2 whites and 2 black total, I see 2 white I have black". Sure there are lots of that kind of people in the world but no more than 48.3% I'd say. Btw anyone else who came up with the same solution as I did to madnessman's puzzle? Is there another way?
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Leath
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Canada1724 Posts
October 31 2009 18:52 GMT
#24
I think I may have found the solution:


Solution: + Show Spoiler +
C knows his hat is black, if his hat was white then D would have seen two white hats and yelled that his hat was black. Because D did not do this, C realized that D must be seeing 2 different hats and that his hat is therefore black.
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Musoeun
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States4324 Posts
November 01 2009 01:55 GMT
#25
This was a weird one. I ran through the possibilities, and I guess "intuited" the correct answer from that but couldn't figure out *why* it was right for the longest time. I'm not sure if this makes me smart or stupid.
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WhiteNights
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States252 Posts
November 01 2009 01:58 GMT
#26
guess: everybody knows D sees white and black because otherwise he would call

but C sees white so he knows he has black

check: i win

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May your sky be always clear, may your smile be always bright, and may you be forever blessed for that moment of happiness which you gave to another lonely and grateful heart!
N.geNuity
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States5112 Posts
November 01 2009 02:03 GMT
#27
Good thing C knows there is a dude behind him! If they can't communicate, how could he know?
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comabreaded
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
United States2166 Posts
November 23 2009 18:35 GMT
#28
the picture made it rly ez
I put the fu in fun
DivinO
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States4796 Posts
November 23 2009 18:39 GMT
#29
Actually got this one. :D In not too long.
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EtherealDeath
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States8366 Posts
November 23 2009 19:19 GMT
#30
Heh I read this problem initially as why does A know his color, and spent a few minutes wondering how it was possible that + Show Spoiler +
C could not know his color. Then I realized I misread the problem and in fact the answer was C XD
Athos
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States2484 Posts
November 23 2009 19:40 GMT
#31
This one completely baffled me mainly because I underestimated there intelligence.
haster27
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Taiwan809 Posts
November 23 2009 19:41 GMT
#32
C. Easy.
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