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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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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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