Seven Puzzles You Think You Must Not Have Heard Correctly (2006) [pdf]

Re:Seven Puzzles You Think You Must Not Have Heard Correctly... by mwerty on Monday August 29, 2016 @02:07PM (#12383828)

I must be missing something. Couldn't one instead assume that they have a private notebook and a pen? And that they can tell left from right? Seems more reasonable.

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Re:Seven Puzzles You Think You Must Not Have Heard Correctly... by Retric on Monday August 29, 2016 @02:32PM (#12384051)

So you want to add a private notebook that the warden can't read. Further, left vs right does not help if the table is in the middle of a room and people are entering from random doors.

AKA, the solution assumes a lot of information not explicitly part of the original wording.

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