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The qntm link tells you the words are da and ja, which makes the problem easier. In the hardest version you have no idea what the words for yes and no are.

• Blaine0002 12y ago
  If you actually read the next sentence.. "in which the words for yes and no are da and ja, in some order. You do not know which word means which."
  • SatvikBeri 12y ago
    That's the original version. The harder version is discussed below. In the harder version, you don't know the words are "da" and "ja". They might be "potato" and "walrus" or something completely different.
    • arfar 12y ago
      I don't think this makes the problem any different, does it? If it were possible that there was a list of "yes" words and a list of "no" words that they could prick from randomly or something, then yes, that would be much more difficult. But in both examples, there's one word for "yes" and one word for "no" and in both examples, the asker doesn't know which one is which.
      • SatvikBeri 12y ago
        There's a solution that works if you know the words are "da" and "ja", but doesn't work if you don't know what the words are: “If I asked you if B is random, would you say ja?”