[chbot] Chock Fish contest

[Geoff]

"Liar would say not to take it, but would lie about it so her
answer would be "yes, I would"."

Um, what? The liars answer would be "Don't go down that fork"

You've double negated what the Liar says.

G

On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 5:31 PM, follower <follower at rancidbacon.com> wrote:

> On 6 December 2014 at 13:02, Mark Atherton <markaren1 at xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> > What question should he ask to find the branch in the road to York ?
> Point at one of the forks and ask "Would you tell me to take this fork to
> York"?
>
> Correct fork:
>   * Liar would say not to take it, but would lie about it so her
> answer would be "yes, I would".
>   * Truth teller would say to take it, and would tell the truth so her
> answer would be "yes, I would".
> Incorrect fork:
>   * Liar would say to take it, but would lie about it so her answer
> would be "no, I wouldn't".
>   * Truth teller would say not to take it, and would tell the truth so
> her answer would be "no, I wouldn't".
>
> There's a truth table and boolean logic in there somewhere… :)
>
> But, you know, it's Saturday afternoon so I might've missed something...
>
> --Philip;
>
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