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Given the propensity of island based logic puzzles to define certain classes of people as always/sometimes lying or telling the truth, it's always bothered me t
by Steko 11y ago
Given the propensity of island based logic puzzles to define certain classes of people as always/sometimes lying or telling the truth, it's always bothered me that this puzzle never states that the foreigner never lies or is always believed.
- tbrake 11y agoThe puzzle does state he is fully believed. > One day, a blue-eyed foreigner visits to the island and wins the complete trust of the tribe. Why would it matter if he's a liar/truth teller in the classic island logic puzzle sense? It seems irrelevant to me because the islanders believe him fully and the puzzle is about figuring out the effects his statement has.
- Steko 11y agoYou are correct and thanks for the correction, wow do I feel dumb for missing that. Maybe I can save a small scrap of face in that at least occasionally this problem contains no such clause, e.g. the xkcd version although I should read that one again before submitting this reply.
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