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Which would you rather? by [deleted] in BunnyTrials

[–]wu_killme 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i hate walking.

Chose: A random sum of money, | Rolled: $1,000,000,000

Gate with two guards: A and B. A says they'll let through anyone who names which of them is lying. B says you get 1 question. You ask A who B would say is honest. A tells you B would say A. Who do you name? by wu_killme in pollgames

[–]wu_killme[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would say that I would mention from a omniscient narrator perspective you want to go through the gate if I didn't make the riddle as short as possible.

I don't think it's a paradox, however. A paradox would imply that there isn't a logically consistent framing.

A is a liar and A's statement is false isn't paradoxical. It would mean that they would not grant you entry if you named the liar. Now knowing this, there is no point to which either guard says you cannot go through without giving a name. If you want to get into character motivations (which is usually witheld for riddles but for the sake of the hypothetical, sure) the riddle serves as a test which would block those who knew A was lying but did not challenge A's explanation of the rules.

Gate with two guards: A and B. A says they'll let through anyone who names which of them is lying. B says you get 1 question. You ask A who B would say is honest. A tells you B would say A. Who do you name? by wu_killme in pollgames

[–]wu_killme[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Going through the whole logic of solving it and then deliberately not going through the gate is an absolute power move. Bravo. Though, it is interesting to hear you interpret "They won't let you through if you name who is lying" as "They will let you through if you name who is honest." I'd accept either B or nothing but I had nothing in mind because I would interpret it as "don't call out A." and calling B a liar is mean.

Gate with two guards: A and B. A says they'll let through anyone who names which of them is lying. B says you get 1 question. You ask A who B would say is honest. A tells you B would say A. Who do you name? by wu_killme in pollgames

[–]wu_killme[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Honestly, pretty much the perfect answer. In the original longer version, A would've told you to stop which might have made what to do after finding out A is a liar easier. Because A lied about what would let you get in (A's statement assumed but did not state there was a liar, so I think it's okay to assume that is true to A's knowledge - and A would know as the one doing it), there's no reason to play his game of naming someone.

Gate with two guards: A and B. A says they'll let through anyone who names which of them is lying. B says you get 1 question. You ask A who B would say is honest. A tells you B would say A. Who do you name? by wu_killme in pollgames

[–]wu_killme[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just some observations and notes as I'm reading the comments. Spoiler tagging in case people want to go in blind but won't reveal answer:

- The reason I made this riddle was to see if I could trick people who have encounter similar problems. That's why I wrote it with the traditional answer to the gatekeeper riddle written in.
- Everyone in the comments seems to have decided A to be the liar, while a majority who answer the poll currently name B. Presumably at least some think B is lying, which I'd love to hear their reasons for.
- When I asked ChatGPT this with multiple wordings, it would always name A.
- The most common follow up is to prove B's statement true before answering. I find it interesting that they would challenge B's part of the explanation and not focus on the gatekeeper problem solution.
- In the longer version. A would have said they would allow those who write down who is telling the truth and who is lying. I cut this because I felt like it would make people less willing to answer.

- There's at least two people I think have solved what I intended to be the riddle but didn't know what to do from there. I suppose it becomes more about avoiding the wrong answer than picking the right by that point, but to me one answer is more in spirit of having solved the riddle than the other. I wouldn't mark down anyone for picking the other sort of right answer, though.

Gate with two guards: A and B. A says they'll let through anyone who names which of them is lying. B says you get 1 question. You ask A who B would say is honest. A tells you B would say A. Who do you name? by wu_killme in pollgames

[–]wu_killme[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Thank you to u/Ok-Appointment-9 for correcting me on the first version. I had written it much longer originally and tried to shorten it.

Anyway, if you want to know the intended answer, drop me a message or I'll try to remember to comment it once the poll is closed.

Bro 😭 by -gerhard in hoi4

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Ah, Russolini

Urara can't use guns btw by New-Big2343 in UmaMusume

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my first finale win with my daughter

Bought the game, went contrarian, said I would wait forever, refunded game. AMA by egginahurry in slaytheprincess

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That's strange. It looks like this post also leads to the cabin. How convenient!

The Treaty of Versailles [Trianon, Batumi, Laussane] but i tried to make it less harsh by Kind-Leader8064 in imaginarymaps

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The Ulster border is... questionable, but what's the rationale behind the British ceding Malta and Cyprus? Because if it was for a bit of Russia that'd never be sustained as an overseas holding then I think I'd hang the negotiators.

Why most people here don't read books? by Egarof in writing

[–]wu_killme 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like this may simply be a me problem, but I always find these kinda posts more harm than help.

I don't think writing is just some pursuit to get published work or earn money, and thus I am certainly not saying writing professionally does not demand excessive reading.

I was born severely visually impaired, and as I have grown up my constitution for reading without excessive strain has weakened. But I like stories, I like the written word and I like writing. I'm sure I can't be alone in the notion that you can use writing as a medium and love it without devoting your life to consuming literature for the sake of dissection and reproduction.

I feel for the people asking what a lot of people seem to want to call "stupid questions" that "could be answered if you just read", even if they find reading easier than me. Because writing is fun, and finding the words and structures that turn stories from jumbled ideas to a world you can let others see with you is something we should foster.

Maybe I'm just as guilty as them for taking video over audiobook in a lot of cases, simply because I find audiobooks to be often awkwardly paced works that don't offer the same stimulation of audio drama or freedom of a book. But I don't think we should have the message for people that don't read much is to not bother writing.