17 Mar 13
Originally posted by KewpieI don't understand it either but if you draw the two islands with a T and L in them and ask each one you do indeed get the specified output. You don't know which person is telling the truth or lying but you can tell which island you are on.
On this unidentified island, a person answers yes to your question. He may be a truthteller, in which case this is the Truth Island, but he may be a liar, in which case this is the Liar Island. You haven't established which island you're on. Same goes if the person answered no. Since you don't know if your respondent is a liar or a truthteller you've actually learned nothing.
Maybe someone into Boolean algebra could express it as a function and put the results in a truth table. This might make the answer a bit more logical.
17 Mar 13
Originally posted by Sicilian SausageBoo Who?
I don't understand it either but if you draw the two islands with a T and L in them and ask each one you do indeed get the specified output. You don't know which person is telling the truth or lying but you can tell which island you are on.
Maybe someone into Boolean algebra could express it as a function and put the results in a truth table. This might make the answer a bit more logical.
17 Mar 13
Originally posted by Sicilian SausageThat's all too complicated for me.
I don't understand it either but if you draw the two islands with a T and L in them and ask each one you do indeed get the specified output. You don't know which person is telling the truth or lying but you can tell which island you are on.
Maybe someone into Boolean algebra could express it as a function and put the results in a truth table. This might make the answer a bit more logical.
My areas are Law and English.
I was always bad at maths and especially ALGEBRA 😕
