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It'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
by Mindless2112 13y ago
It'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.