My Own "Solve The Riddle"...

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  • MagicHamsta - Lost City
    MagicHamsta - Lost City Posts: 10,466 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Hamster makes his own loop holes!
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    teh question be what the sound of the silence of the wisest man in the world for eternity sound like?
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  • Rheic - Dreamweaver
    Rheic - Dreamweaver Posts: 154 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    andracil wrote: »
    Nope, that wouldn't be a precise answer, and the wise man is always precise in his answers.
    As for the answer he's thinking, it's "No, it will not be negative." This is correct. The answer is not negative, but it's not positive either. There is no answer he can say, but as long as he's just thinking it, it's correct.

    ...so "I can't say it" would be more or less correct?
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  • andracil
    andracil Posts: 2,949 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    "I can't say it" is also not precise enough and doesn't match the requirements for the answer, as the question could only be answered by 'yes' or 'no', or variants of those.
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  • Rheic - Dreamweaver
    Rheic - Dreamweaver Posts: 154 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    D'uh you got me there....

    As for your first question I'll have to agree about using it sometimes.b:chuckle
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  • Elenacostel - Heavens Tear
    Elenacostel - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,822 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    andracil wrote: »
    Nope, that wouldn't be a precise answer, and the wise man is always precise in his answers.
    As for the answer he's thinking, it's "No, it will not be negative." This is correct. The answer is not negative, but it's not positive either. There is no answer he can say, but as long as he's just thinking it, it's correct.

    "Will your answer to this question be negative?"

    I still don't understand how the answer is valid if it is silent, in his mind, but invalid if stated aloud.

    He answered it in his mind. He just did not answer it aloud. But if it's the same answer if he did say it aloud, it should have the same validity.
  • Rheic - Dreamweaver
    Rheic - Dreamweaver Posts: 154 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Elenacostel - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    "Will your answer to this question be negative?"

    I still don't understand how the answer is valid if it is silent, in his mind, but invalid if stated aloud.

    He answered it in his mind. He just did not answer it aloud. But if it's the same answer if he did say it aloud, it should have the same validity.

    I think the original riddle was:
    andracil wrote: »
    There is a wise man who can answer any question, but only one question per person. Assume he truly knows everything, even things that should be unanswerable like "how big is the universe". One day, however, a man comes up and asks a question, and the wise man remains silent. He knew the answer, but was unable to say it. What was the question?

    So whatever he would say would be a lie.

    It's much the same as an old trick of hitting someone in a bar:"If I asked you to kiss me, would your answer be the same than to this question?"
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  • Elenacostel - Heavens Tear
    Elenacostel - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,822 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Rheic - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    So whatever he would say would be a lie.

    By that logic, whatever he is *thinking* is also a lie.

    However, the conditions set forth in the riddle states that he knew the answer in his mind. So whatever answer he has in his mind is not a lie.

    How can something be a lie when spoken aloud but be truth when thought in your mind?

    EDIT: If the riddle simply said, "He was unable to answer", then I'd accept what Lady Andracil said. However, the riddle explicitly stated that he knew the answer in his mind.
  • andracil
    andracil Posts: 2,949 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    "Will your answer to this question be negative?"
    <No, it will not> <-- his thoughts. This is entirely correct - the answer he gives is not negative. Nor is it positive, of course.
    "No, it will not" <-- This is if he said it. Now he's lying - His answer WAS negative.

    Seriously, stop overthinking it.
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  • Konariraiden - Heavens Tear
    Konariraiden - Heavens Tear Posts: 6,505 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    andracil wrote: »
    "Will your answer to this question be negative?"
    <No, it will not> <-- his thoughts. This is entirely correct - the answer he gives is not negative. Nor is it positive, of course.
    "No, it will not" <-- This is if he said it. Now he's lying - His answer WAS negative.

    Seriously, stop overthinking it.
    *brain asplodes*
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  • Rheic - Dreamweaver
    Rheic - Dreamweaver Posts: 154 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    The truth is that he KNOWS he cannot answer it without lying.
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  • Elenacostel - Heavens Tear
    Elenacostel - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,822 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    andracil wrote: »
    Seriously, stop overthinking it.

    I still disagree, but I'll back down.
  • Rheic - Dreamweaver
    Rheic - Dreamweaver Posts: 154 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I don't want to get a headache from it either...

    Are there any more unanswered riddles left?
    (other than that -gry thing)
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  • Konariraiden - Heavens Tear
    Konariraiden - Heavens Tear Posts: 6,505 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    A man is alive and shot on Friday, June 6th, 2066. He dies from the gunshot wound on June 5th, 2066.

    How?
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  • Tsukuyomi - Raging Tide
    Tsukuyomi - Raging Tide Posts: 1,065 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Konariraiden - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    A man is alive and shot on Friday, June 6th, 2066. He dies from the gunshot wound on June 5th, 2066.

    How?

    Cause he's on the other side of the line where day changes. as my english is bad i'll show you: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/International_Date_Line.png/300px-International_Date_Line.png , i think you'll get it.
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  • Konariraiden - Heavens Tear
    Konariraiden - Heavens Tear Posts: 6,505 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Tsukuyomi - Raging Tide wrote: »
    Cause he's on the other side of the line where day changes. as my english is bad i'll show you: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/International_Date_Line.png/300px-International_Date_Line.png , i think you'll get it.

    WRONG! He's actually Doctor Who.

    <_<

    ...okay, you're right.

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  • Tsukuyomi - Raging Tide
    Tsukuyomi - Raging Tide Posts: 1,065 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    lol this thread seems interesting. but that one was quite easy. i'm not that smart though =P
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  • MagicHamsta - Lost City
    MagicHamsta - Lost City Posts: 10,466 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Konariraiden - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    A man is alive and shot on Friday, June 6th, 2066. He dies from the gunshot wound on June 5th, 2066.

    How?

    he got shot, legally died, got revived.
    then got shot again the next day?
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  • Vixe - Heavens Tear
    Vixe - Heavens Tear Posts: 419 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I have a fairly easy one. Enough for everyone to recover from the brain asplosions from Andracil's puzzle. b:chuckle

    A farmer returns from the market, where he bought a goat, a cabbage and a wolf . On the way home he must cross a river. His boat is small and won’t fit more than one of his purchases. He cannot leave the goat alone with the cabbage (because the goat would eat it), nor he can leave the goat alone with the wolf (because the goat would be eaten).
    How can the farmer get everything on the other side?
  • Elenacostel - Heavens Tear
    Elenacostel - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,822 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Vixe - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    I have a fairly easy one. Enough for everyone to recover from the brain asplosions from Andracil's puzzle. b:chuckle

    A farmer returns from the market, where he bought a goat, a cabbage and a wolf . On the way home he must cross a river. His boat is small and won

    Take Goat first.
    Go back empty
    Take Cabbage next.
    Take Goat on trip back.
    Take Wolf next.
    Go back empty.
    Take Goat.
  • andracil
    andracil Posts: 2,949 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Goats and Wolves can both swim btw. They don't like it, but they will if they have to. So ha! Just bring the cabbage across, the goat will swim after it because it's hungry, and the wolf will follow cause he wants the goat.
    Problem solved, the easy way! Less rowing needed!
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  • Tsukuyomi - Raging Tide
    Tsukuyomi - Raging Tide Posts: 1,065 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Vixe - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    I have a fairly easy one. Enough for everyone to recover from the brain asplosions from Andracil's puzzle. b:chuckle

    A farmer returns from the market, where he bought a goat, a cabbage and a wolf . On the way home he must cross a river. His boat is small and won

    this forum is bugged, i can't post
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  • andracil
    andracil Posts: 2,949 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    You're trying to use symbols the forum doesn't recognize. Merging your posts.
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  • Vixe - Heavens Tear
    Vixe - Heavens Tear Posts: 419 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    andracil wrote: »
    Goats and Wolves can both swim btw. They don't like it, but they will if they have to. So ha! Just bring the cabbage across, the goat will swim after it because it's hungry, and the wolf will follow cause he wants the goat.
    Problem solved, the easy way! Less rowing needed!

    Not if it's dangerously cold and raging rapids! Besides, if you wanna really overthink it, why the hell would a farmer want to buy a wolf in the first place? =p
  • Tsukuyomi - Raging Tide
    Tsukuyomi - Raging Tide Posts: 1,065 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    andracil wrote: »
    You're trying to use symbols the forum doesn't recognize. Merging your posts.

    Sorry for double posts, i was just quoting but my posts got cut :/
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  • Elenacostel - Heavens Tear
    Elenacostel - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,822 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    The wolf is a Barbarian, and the goat is a Venomancer with antlers, right?

    Barbarians have Swimming Mastery, and the Veno's Swimming Mastery doesn't actually work. So the wolf can swim, but the venomancer has to ride in the boat.

    Still working on the cabbage.
  • Konariraiden - Heavens Tear
    Konariraiden - Heavens Tear Posts: 6,505 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Elenacostel - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    The wolf is a Barbarian, and the goat is a Venomancer with antlers, right?

    Barbarians have Swimming Mastery, and the Veno's Swimming Mastery doesn't actually work. So the wolf can swim, but the venomancer has to ride in the boat.

    Still working on the cabbage.
    LOL EYE SEA WUT YEW DEED THAR.

    b:chuckle

    ...off-topic, I'm surprised this thread's still going. I think I posted this riddle thread after a few others became slow...

    ...I'd like to thank Andra for keeping it alive and interesting...

    ...and the others too...I guess...if I have to.

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  • Vixe - Heavens Tear
    Vixe - Heavens Tear Posts: 419 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Ok, this riddle is one that I've read somewhere before. It's a bit of a tricky one, but we'll give it a whirl and see what happens.

    A man who has lived his entire life by himself without ever leaving his home has decided to take a vacation. He picks up his coat, packs his suitcase, turns off all the lights, locks the doors, and goes on his way. However, a day after he leaves, 100 people die. This is not a coincidence. What happened?

    Hint: No, he didn't snap and went on a murdering rampage. He merely went on vacation. b:shutup
  • Konariraiden - Heavens Tear
    Konariraiden - Heavens Tear Posts: 6,505 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Vixe - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    Ok, this riddle is one that I've read somewhere before. It's a bit of a tricky one, but we'll give it a whirl and see what happens.

    A man who has lived his entire life by himself without ever leaving his home has decided to take a vacation. He picks up his coat, packs his suitcase, turns off all the lights, locks the doors, and goes on his way. However, a day after he leaves, 100 people die. This is not a coincidence. What happened?

    Hint: No, he didn't snap and went on a murdering rampage. He merely went on vacation. b:shutup

    Oh! Wasn't the guy a worker for some place (in one variation of the riddle, he's a worker at a lighthouse), and when he leaves, people die because whatever he did isn't there?
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  • Vixe - Heavens Tear
    Vixe - Heavens Tear Posts: 419 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Konariraiden - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    Oh! Wasn't the guy a worker for some place (in one variation of the riddle, he's a worker at a lighthouse), and when he leaves, people die because whatever he did isn't there?

    *slaps* GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE!!! b:angry

    Well, that has got to be the shortest riddle ever.
  • Konariraiden - Heavens Tear
    Konariraiden - Heavens Tear Posts: 6,505 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Vixe - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    *slaps* GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE!!! b:angry

    Well, that has got to be the shortest riddle ever.

    b:beatup

    No fair! This is my thread! How come whenever someone solves one of my riddles immediately, I don't care...but when I solve theirs immediately, I get flak for it?

    b:shedtear
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