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> That assumes person A has figured out if person A is ready Not sure I understand that. Did you mean it assumes that person B has figured out that person A is

> That assumes person A has figured out if person A is ready Not sure I understand that. Did you mean it assumes that person B has figured out that person A is ready?

Dylan16807 3y ago
I didn't have a typo. Also I'm going to use names now because letters are hard to read. The way Bob found out that Alice was ready was because Alice was uncertain about group readiness. Maybe Alice was uncertain because she knew her own readiness but not Bob's readiness. This is the way the riddle works. But maybe Alice wasn't sure of her own readiness. In that case Bob should not answer. - And, second issue, what if Alice was saying "Hm, I don't know [what to pick]." as a way to tell the waiter that no, everyone is not ready.
- asimpletune 3y ago
  > But maybe Alice wasn't sure of her own readiness I'm not sure I understand how Alice could be unsure of her own readiness. If she's not ready, then she would have said "no, everybody is not ready to order." > And, second issue, what if Alice was saying "Hm, I don't know [what to pick]." as a way to tell the waiter that no, everyone is not ready. Because the riddle is "how did he [Bob] know?". We are told from the start that Bob is right, and asked to explain why.
  - Dylan16807 3y ago
    > I'm not sure I understand how Alice could be unsure of her own readiness. If she's not ready, then she would have said "no, everybody is not ready to order." You don't understand how someone can be unsure if they're ready? Have you never been kind of anxious or indecisive before? (The answer is definitely not "you're not ready until the anxiety and indecision are gone".) > Because the riddle is "how did he [Bob] know?". We are told from the start that Bob is right, and asked to explain why. There's a reason I said "in the real world".

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> That assumes person A has figured out if person A is ready Not sure I understand that. Did you mean it assumes that person B has figured out that person A is

by asimpletune 3y ago

> That assumes person A has figured out if person A is ready Not sure I understand that. Did you mean it assumes that person B has figured out that person A is ready?

Dylan16807 3y ago
I didn't have a typo. Also I'm going to use names now because letters are hard to read. The way Bob found out that Alice was ready was because Alice was uncertain about group readiness. Maybe Alice was uncertain because she knew her own readiness but not Bob's readiness. This is the way the riddle works. But maybe Alice wasn't sure of her own readiness. In that case Bob should not answer. - And, second issue, what if Alice was saying "Hm, I don't know [what to pick]." as a way to tell the waiter that no, everyone is not ready.
- asimpletune 3y ago
  > But maybe Alice wasn't sure of her own readiness I'm not sure I understand how Alice could be unsure of her own readiness. If she's not ready, then she would have said "no, everybody is not ready to order." > And, second issue, what if Alice was saying "Hm, I don't know [what to pick]." as a way to tell the waiter that no, everyone is not ready. Because the riddle is "how did he [Bob] know?". We are told from the start that Bob is right, and asked to explain why.
  - Dylan16807 3y ago
    > I'm not sure I understand how Alice could be unsure of her own readiness. If she's not ready, then she would have said "no, everybody is not ready to order." You don't understand how someone can be unsure if they're ready? Have you never been kind of anxious or indecisive before? (The answer is definitely not "you're not ready until the anxiety and indecision are gone".) > Because the riddle is "how did he [Bob] know?". We are told from the start that Bob is right, and asked to explain why. There's a reason I said "in the real world".