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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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really hard riddle
You are going down the street and you see a fork in the road. You are not sure which is the right way to go, so you ask a person near you. You don't know if he might always lie or might always tell the truth, and you can only ask one question. What is a question that would make him tell you the right direction even if he's lying?
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' and then the correct path is the opposite of what he/she says.
- ' and then the correct path is the opposite of what he/she says.
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i'm not sure about if there is one person but if there are two people the questions would be 'if you were the other guy, where would you tell me to go?' and then the correct path is the opposite of what he/she says.
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Let's assume I'm trying to get to "City X".
I'd ask him the following question:
"If I were to ask you which way leads to City X, what would you answer be?"
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Explanation - If he's a truthful person, then he'd answer me honestly about his original, honest, answer.
And if he always tells lies, then his original answer would be the wrong way, and thus he wou
I'd ask him the following question:
"If I were to ask you which way leads to City X, what would you answer be?"
SPOILER:
Explanation - If he's a truthful person, then he'd answer me honestly about his original, honest, answer.
And if he always tells lies, then his original answer would be the wrong way, and thus he wou
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Hi,
The famous baseball personality, Yogi Berra, supposedly said " When you come to a fork in the road....Take it.
Clive
The famous baseball personality, Yogi Berra, supposedly said " When you come to a fork in the road....Take it.
Clive
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guys a lie is always a lier the more logical answer is u ask anyone of them to go and ask the other guy where is the right direction and watever he tells ull go to the opposite direction...coz if hes liing at list u know its a guarantied lie... hope ull get what i mean... keep smiling
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'And if he always tells lies, then his original answer would be the wrong way, and thus he would now have to tell me the truth since he's LYING about a LIE.
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I think these people have really good explanations. But anyways, here is mine: I would say, " Could ya do me a favor and get ___ from the city for me? I'll pay you back. I'm just really tired right now. pretends to fall asleep " Now he wouldn't want to go down the wrong street himself, would he? So then you'd just secretly follow him to town. Pay him back for whatever you told
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AnonymousI think these people have really good explanations. But anyways, here is mine: I would say, " Could ya do me a favor and get ___ from the city for me? I'll pay you back. I'm just really tired right now. pretends to fall asleep " Now he wouldn't want to go down the wrong street himself, would he? So then you'd just secretly follow him to town. Pay him back for wha
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