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Only when such statements are made by the narrator, not the puzzle artifacts themselves. The whole point of these sorts of puzzles is that the labels can't all
by function_seven 11y ago
Only when such statements are made by the narrator, not the puzzle artifacts themselves. The whole point of these sorts of puzzles is that the labels can't all be relied upon, yet some people think the red label can be, for some reason.
- JadeNB 11y agoThe problem is that mjd himself, when discussing "Why don't all logic puzzles fall afoul of this problem", says that the statement > Portia explained to the suitor that of the three statements, at most one was true. in a Gardner puzzle is evidence enough that we may trust that "of the three statements, at most one was true". Here, Portia is a character in the puzzle; why should we trust her any more than we should labels on boxes or (in the set-up of the puzzle) statements on caskets? If we have to distrust everything about the problem, then it seems to me that it runs into exactly the problem shultays (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9837381 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9837381) mentions. (EDIT: I think that mdpopescu (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9837257 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9837257) said it better.)