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<blockquote data-quote="Rystil Arden" data-source="post: 3942214" data-attributes="member: 29014"><p><span style="color: skyblue">"The story tells of a Queen testing three wise men..."</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">"The Queen then blindfolded the three wise men, and she painted a dot on the forehead of each. She asked her citizens to take note of the color of each dot, but to keep silent about it. The citizens could see that the color of each dot was red.</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">The Queen then took off the blindfolds and had the three wise men face each other. "I have painted either a green dot or a red dot on your foreheads," she said. "Raise your right hand if you see a red dot on at least one of the foreheads facing you."</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">Each wise man raised his hand.</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">"Now," ordered the Queen, "without talking, and using only information provided, you must figure out the color of the dot on your own forehead. The first to do this will be allowed to stay in my peaceful kingdom."</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">The first wise man thought, "The other two have raised their hands. Therefore, each of them sees a red dot. I can see that they both have red dots on their own foreheads. But they would both raise their hand whether the dot on my forehead was red or green. So there is no way for me to know whether the dot on my forehead is red or green."</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">The second wise man thought, "This riddle is unsolvable. If the dot on my forehead is green, I would see what I am now seeing: the other two with their hands raised, and me with my hand raised. If the dot on my forehead is red, I would also see what I am now seeing: the other two with their hands raised, and me with my hand raised. Because the only information I have to go on is the observation that all three hands are raised, and all three hands would be raised whether the dot on my own forehead is red or green, I have no way of determining whether my dot is red or green."</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">Ten minutes passed. Suddenly, the third wise man exalimed, "The dot on my forehead is red!"</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">How did he know?"</span></p><p></p><p>(OOC: Sure, parallel IC or OOC works for me!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rystil Arden, post: 3942214, member: 29014"] [color=skyblue]"The story tells of a Queen testing three wise men..." "The Queen then blindfolded the three wise men, and she painted a dot on the forehead of each. She asked her citizens to take note of the color of each dot, but to keep silent about it. The citizens could see that the color of each dot was red. The Queen then took off the blindfolds and had the three wise men face each other. "I have painted either a green dot or a red dot on your foreheads," she said. "Raise your right hand if you see a red dot on at least one of the foreheads facing you." Each wise man raised his hand. "Now," ordered the Queen, "without talking, and using only information provided, you must figure out the color of the dot on your own forehead. The first to do this will be allowed to stay in my peaceful kingdom." The first wise man thought, "The other two have raised their hands. Therefore, each of them sees a red dot. I can see that they both have red dots on their own foreheads. But they would both raise their hand whether the dot on my forehead was red or green. So there is no way for me to know whether the dot on my forehead is red or green." The second wise man thought, "This riddle is unsolvable. If the dot on my forehead is green, I would see what I am now seeing: the other two with their hands raised, and me with my hand raised. If the dot on my forehead is red, I would also see what I am now seeing: the other two with their hands raised, and me with my hand raised. Because the only information I have to go on is the observation that all three hands are raised, and all three hands would be raised whether the dot on my own forehead is red or green, I have no way of determining whether my dot is red or green." Ten minutes passed. Suddenly, the third wise man exalimed, "The dot on my forehead is red!" How did he know?"[/color] (OOC: Sure, parallel IC or OOC works for me!) [/QUOTE]
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