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Fine, then I pose to you the same problem description, with the added fact that the stranger is proud of having a boy, will only draw attention to a boy and wil
by Confusion 13y ago
Fine, then I pose to you the same problem description, with the added fact that the stranger is proud of having a boy, will only draw attention to a boy and will thus say "at least one is a boy", independent of whether the other is a girl, while he would never say "at least one is a boy".
You can't solve a logic puzzle by arguing the psychology of a persona depicted in the puzzle.
- stephencanon 13y agoYou can’t solve a logic puzzle that way, but you can explain the pragmatics of why the “logical” answer is contrary to our expectations based on interaction with real people.