Showing posts with label riddles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label riddles. Show all posts

Monday, August 16, 2010

Truth, Lie and Wisdom

Three goddesses were sitting in an old Indian temple. Their names were Truth (always telling the truth), Lie (always lying) and Wisdom (sometimes lying). A visitor asked the one on the left: "Who is sitting next to you?"


"Truth," she answered.

Then he asked the one in the middle: "Who are you?"

"Wisdom."

Lastly, he asked the one on the right: "Who is your neighbor?"

"Lie," she replied.

And then it became clear who is who.
























Answers:

A--B--C


Start with the possible options for person B:

B says that it is Wisdom, therefore it can either be Lie or Wisdom, but can't be Truth.

Person A:

A says that the person to the left is Truth, which we now know is a lie, therefore, A is either Lie or Wisdom aswell.

Person C:

Because neither A or B can be Truth, it has to be Truth, therfore, person C saying that the person to the left is Lie, is a truthful statement.


Thus, B is known to be Lie and that leaves person A being wisdom


A-wisdom, B-Lie, C-Truth


It could have been explained more clearly by saying that:

 
Truth is neither the one on the left or the middle since she won't lie about who is beside her or who she is. Therefore, she is on the right side and she was telling the truth that Lie was her neighbor, in the middle. That leaves Wisdom on the left.


WISDOM -- LIE -- TRUTH


What do you think guys?

Source: http://brainden.com/forum/index.php?/topic/62-truth-lie-and-wisdom/

Friday, August 13, 2010

8 random quickies

1.what gets hotter as it gets colder?
2.what is white when it's dirty turns black as you clean it?
3.what gets wetter as it dries?
4.how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?(kind of random)
5.what gets bigger and never smaller?
6.how much money do you need to be rich?
7.what time is it when your clock is only right once a day?
8.what shape that can, be made from four matches, face any direction , be flipped any way and will stay right side up?

Answers: (will be updated)
1. aircond
2. blackboard
3. sponge, towel and anything that can absorb water
4.A woodchuck, or groundhog, is a cousin to the beaver and can if it decided to take a chunk out of a tree, like a beaver would, it would theroreticaly be able to fit 8 oz. of wood in it's mouth. So If a woodchuck could chuck wood he would chuck 8 oz. per bite.
5. universe, Pi, death, age anything you can think of.
6.
7.
8. Tetrahedral