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0 pointsDustinCalim10y ago0 comments

The trick is to take it at face value and not question how they know, but what the answer has to be assuming they do know.

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baddox10y ago

Assuming that the problem is posed and understood as an artificial puzzle (rather than a real scenario with real people), what reason would there be to question how they know? Of course you're supposed to assume they know. It's a puzzle, and someone is telling you precisely what you're to assume.

andrewprock10y ago

On the contrary, there are many unspoken things one must assume to solve this puzzle "correctly"; that Albert and Bernard are rational, honest, cooperating, and have a certain penchant for communicating novel inferences they make instead of just blurting out "we don't know" out of boredom, laziness, or frustration.

baddox10y ago

To me, all those things are very readily inferred from the fact that the problem is being posed as a logic puzzle.

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baddox10y ago

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baddox10y ago

To me, all those things are very readily inferred from the fact that the problem is being posed as a logic puzzle.

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