3 questions to ask an alien - Page 2

gaseous (Patrick) · #21 20-05-2019, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by bobson

Asking right question is very important.
Here is something to get you prepared for such occasion

There are two tribes:
The TRUTH tribe, they always tell truth!
The LYING tribe, they always tell lies!

You want to get to TRUTH tribe. There is a road to get there but you rich the point where that road splits in two, right there is a man standing, he belongs to either TRUTH or LYING tribe.
You are allowed to ask him just one question to get to TRUTH tribe!
What is that question?

'which road takes me to the LYING tribe?"

xelasnave · #22 20-05-2019, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by gaseous

'which road takes me to the LYING tribe?"

I am not sure that question would produce a reliable result.
The LT representative will point to the TT path and the TT representative would point to the LT path.
I would like to know the answer.
Alex

LewisM · #23 20-05-2019, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by xelasnave

I am not sure that question would produce a reliable result.
The LT representative will point to the TT path and the TT representative would point to the LT path.
I would like to know the answer.
Alex

It's actually a simple riddle - all you need to do is "Which tribe do you belong to?" - the truth tribesman will be telling the truth, the Liar will be saying he is Truth, meaning both will lead the "correct" way

The riddle was worded a little off, because the question originally was that the tribesman would lead you.

inline_online (Dan) · #24 20-05-2019, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by alocky

Or from Peter Jackson’s first film: “what are you dirty hooas doing on my planet?”

"Aren't I lucky; I got a chunky bit"

xelasnave · #25 20-05-2019, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by LewisM

It's actually a simple riddle - all you need to do is "Which tribe do you belong to?" - the truth tribesman will be telling the truth, the Liar will be saying he is Truth, meaning both will lead the "correct" way

The riddle was worded a little off, because the question originally was that the tribesman would lead you.

Can I take you with me to do the talking☺
Alex

gaseous (Patrick) · #26 20-05-2019, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by xelasnave

I am not sure that question would produce a reliable result.
The LT representative will point to the TT path and the TT representative would point to the LT path.
I would like to know the answer.
Alex

You're right Alex, I've misread the question.

pmrid (Peter) · #27 20-05-2019, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by LewisM

It's actually a simple riddle - all you need to do is "Which tribe do you belong to?" - the truth tribesman will be telling the truth, the Liar will be saying he is Truth, meaning both will lead the "correct" way

The riddle was worded a little off, because the question originally was that the tribesman would lead you.

But there's only one person at the crossroads! And even if he answers TRUTH, he is not telling you which road to take.

alocky (Andrew lockwood) · #28 20-05-2019, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by inline_online

"Aren't I lucky; I got a chunky bit"

It is a collection of one liners! ‘The old magic is still there..’, ‘I’m a Derek, and Derek’s don’t run...’ ‘suck my spinning steel.. ‘ but - yep, the eating a bowl of alien chuck scene is a highlight!

LewisM · #29 20-05-2019, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by pmrid

But there's only one person at the crossroads! And even if he answers TRUTH, he is not telling you which road to take.

Exactly, one person. Bobson didn't word it quite right.

Here's some links that explain it better than I could:

https://www.tutorfair.com/resource/1...-or-lie-riddle

https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/q...ells-the-truth

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"In version 1 above, asking where the citizen is from will get the same answer from a truth-teller and a liar.

The truth-teller would point to the City of Truth, because they're truly from there.

The Liar would also point to the City of Truth, because they're lying.

Thus, it doesn't matter which citizen you're speaking to, you know where the City of Truth is.

"

bobson (Bob) · #30 20-05-2019, 07:34 PM

This is a version I heard about 30 years ago. I didnt know about different versions,

There are two tribes:
The TRUTH tribe, they always tell truth!
The LYING tribe, they always tell lies!

You want to get to TRUTH tribe. There is a road to get there but you rich the point where that road splits in two, right there is a man standing, he belongs to either TRUTH or LYING tribe.
You are allowed to ask him just one question to get to TRUTH tribe!
What is that question?

The question is very simple indeed:

Which way is your tribe?

If the person standing there is from Truth tribe he will point to right direction, to truth tribe.
If the person is from lying tribe he will lie and point to truth tribe direction.

RB (Andrew) · #31 20-05-2019, 07:49 PM

So, basically the truth is out there.
We just need a NAND Gate.

easternSea (Matthew) · #32 20-05-2019, 07:56 PM

Fermat's last theorem wouldn't be any good. It was proved by Andrew Wiles in 1995.

Sunfish (Ray) · #33 20-05-2019, 09:24 PM

Get the marketing people on to it.
With any luck they might want to go .

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Originally Posted by xelasnave

We think of intelligent life having to come from a planet on a round trip basis... however it is conceivable that an intelligent species may have to leave their planet via an artificial "planet" or a giant mother ship capable of supporting them much like our planet supports us..they would have to be keen recuclers no doubt but could harvest some stuff from space or planets they happen to run across..in other words they may have lived for so long on their "new" home that their journey may cover hundreds of light years seeing many generations of their kind come and go...in fact that what we should do☺
Alex