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Interesting exercise, which I'd call impossible in the given form. Imagine someone magically came up with 32 statistically independent binary indicators. Now yo
by psuter 13y ago
Interesting exercise, which I'd call impossible in the given form. Imagine someone magically came up with 32 statistically independent binary indicators. Now you need to come up with the 33th question Q such that if you pick any two persons who are similar up to the 32nd bit, that single question must allow to distinguish them. Sounds hard.
- ronaldx 13y agoQuestion 33 has to split any category of people formed from the first 32 questions - very awkward, as you say. Here is a moderately-functional question 33, though: "Are you further North than any other person who has given the same answers as you for the first 32 questions?"
- psuter 13y agoExcellent :) Of course there's something to be said about the ability to realistically answer reliably.
- chill1 13y ago> "Are you further North than any other person who has given the same answers as you for the first 32 questions?" What if one of the persons was not on the planet at the time?
- Accredified 13y agoJust make questions 33 be the your assigned number then. 0 or 1