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I think the foreigners statement is ambiguous enough to render the proof in argument 2 incorrect. "... another blue-eyed person", to me, implies a singular pers
by hornd 13y ago
I think the foreigners statement is ambiguous enough to render the proof in argument 2 incorrect. "... another blue-eyed person", to me, implies a singular person in the tribe has blue eyes. All of tribespeople will see multiple tribespeople with blue eyes, and therefore assume the foreigners statement was wrong, rendering no effect.
- Mindless2112 13y agoIt's not so much that the statement was ambiguous or wrong -- it's that the statement gave no one in the tribe more information than was previously available to him/her. Everyone in the tribe already observes at least 99 members with blue eyes, and everyone knows that everyone else observes at least 99 members with blue eyes, so the statement should have no effect. Edit: split to separate comment.
- dllthomas 13y agoBut they don't know "everyone knew on day X" so there is ambiguity about when they would be counting from, so nothing can be deduced. The foreigner's statement provides a synchronization point: clearly everyone knew at that point.
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