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0 pointsakovaski9y ago0 comments

> Mick wants only the one reporter to be convinced that Mick knows how to pass the wall.

I can see how this could provide a justification, but this is not implied in the story at all.

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Arnavion9y ago· 2 in thread

"The Jealous Reporter" section is entirely about this. Start from "But the judges and the experts could not tell the tapes apart."

In particular:

>The reporter who had gotten the exclusive story had been convinced at the time that Mick Ali knew the secret, but the reporter could not pass his conviction on to the judges in court or to the television audiences either.

>Mick Ali had achieved his real objective. He wanted, in fact, to show that it is possible to convince without revealing, and so without unveiling his secret.

dorgo9y ago

I don't get it. He can go left and come out right to demonstrate that he knows the secret - without revealing the secret. The reporter would still not know how he did it and could not pass his conviction on to the judges. And the fake reporter could still produce his fake report. The only reason for this complicated procedure I can come up with is that the secret includes some action at the fork which may not be observed by reporter.

Ended9y ago

> He can go left and come out right to demonstrate that he knows the secret - without revealing the secret

Correct

> The reporter would still not know how he did it

Correct

> and could not pass his conviction on to the judges

Incorrect, in this case he could pass on his conviction to the judges simply by showing them the tape where Mick goes in left and comes out right in a single unbroken take. Such a tape cannot be faked by the fake reporter.

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