u are locked in a cage, in front of you there are 2 doors and two men guarding each door one door leads to freedom and the other to a painful death, one of the men always tells the truth and the other only lies...U have but one question to any of them to know which one is the man who tells the truth and he will guide you to freedom...
The men are equal like twins and they only answer questions referrring to themselves, they dont have any perception of the world around...
What question will u do to know which one is the one who always tell the truth
It is a very old one...but if u dont know the answer it is a good brain exercise...tomorrow the solution
2006-07-13 16:58:42 · 20 answers · asked by whoknows 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
i forgot they are neither men nor women
2006-07-13 17:04:02 · update #1
foxray what a bore u are...and about the clothes i will put them on whenever i feel like...pity i dont know how to translate vete al carajo in english
2006-07-13 17:14:35 · update #2
mary u almost hit the pot but with the question u would do both men would point you the same door then u wouldnt know whicjh one is the correct one
2006-07-13 17:41:14 · update #3
Ask either man 'which door would the other man say has death on the otherside?'.
Then do the opposite of whatever he says. If the man is the one who tells the truth, then he will tell you what the other man says, which would be a lie. Thus, you would avoid death by doing the opposite of whatever he answers.
If, however, the one you ask is the one who lies, he will tell you the opposite of what the other man would say. That would be the truth, but saying the opposite would make it a lie. Thus, you would again survive if you did the opposite of the answer.
Phew, that's confusing! Am I right?
2006-07-13 17:02:12 · answer #1 · answered by Mary 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are these guards also morons?
what if the guard that always lies is clever enough to know that you expect him to lie and point to the wrong door?
If he always lies then...
he would then lie about the lie, and point to the correct door, thus deceiving you into taking the door that leads to death.
OOPS!!!
another bad riddle. what is the world coming to?
I hate bad riddles, especially ones that have nothing whatsoever to do with life.
2006-07-13 17:25:07 · answer #2 · answered by kevrob8008 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-14 10:59:46 · answer #3 · answered by serpa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well if you know they are twins ask them both are you a twin the person lying would say no the person telling the truth would say yes so u know which one is the one telling the lies and which one is telling the truth
2006-07-13 17:00:23 · answer #4 · answered by B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would ask one of them if they have any perception of the world around. The one who tells me 'No' is the truth teller.
2006-07-13 18:08:10 · answer #5 · answered by HocusPocus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would ask them, am I dead?
One would say no, you are alive (the truthful one)
The one that told lies would say yes, you are dead
Or if you had a differnet answer
Simply ask them the time, the liar would tell you a incorrect time.
2006-07-13 17:03:09 · answer #6 · answered by D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You ask one of the men, "Which door would the other say is correct?"
2006-07-13 17:06:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ask either, "What would the other guard say if I asked which door is safe?" And use the other door.
2006-07-13 17:02:27 · answer #8 · answered by Mark W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ask one man if the other tells the truth, if he says yes then he is the liar and if he says no he is the one telling the truth
2006-07-14 15:32:52 · answer #9 · answered by kentuckygrown 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who would you reveal as the man who is the opposite of u if you could?
2006-07-13 17:01:43 · answer #10 · answered by Jake K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋