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A comment on Seven Puzzles You Think You Must Not Have Heard Correctly (2006) [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:Seven Puzzles You Think You Must Not Have Heard Correctly... by JoeAltmaier on Monday August 29, 2016 @10:30AM (#12382042)
That sounds about right. But the problem statement doesn't permit the information to be a lie? The info could be "somebody has blue eyes!"
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Re:Seven Puzzles You Think You Must Not Have Heard Correctly... by adium on Monday August 29, 2016 @11:48AM (#12382681)
The comment elaborated on the explanation of "non-trivial" and didn't explicitly say you can't lie. Right? Or am I not hearing this correctly?

Some of the questions incorporate a "new idea" or allow you to change elements. Triangle boxes, prisoners who can make requests, tired tennis players.... I introduced a yellow dot or am I supposed to change the variables to two?

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