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0 pointsflir1y ago0 comments

The other guard always lies.

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Link to the logic puzzle that flir is referring to:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_and_Knaves

nosmokewhereiam1y ago

Ask what would the other do and do the opposite.

m4631y ago

I wonder if you could do that with tristate logic somehow. maybe with more guards or other variables.

flirOP1y ago

Solve for the general case.

Maybe you need num_guards-1 questions?

I doubt you could solve for 50 guards with 1 question.

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