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This puzzle was published in the Harvard Review of Philosophy in 1996 by George Boolos and is considered the hardest logic riddle of all time. Seeing as logic is central to mathematics and reason, can /sci/ figure it out? Or is this bord simply full of brainlets?

>Three gods A, B, and C are called, in no particular order, True, False, and Random. True always speaks truly, False always speaks falsely, but whether Random speaks truly or falsely is a completely random matter.
>Your task is to determine the identities of A, B, and C by asking three yes-no questions; each question must be put to exactly one god.
>The gods understand English, but will answer all questions in their own language, in which the words for yes and no are da and ja, in some order. You do not know which word means which.
>You may ask the same god more than one of the questions.
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>ask my GODS a question but half of them lie and you won't even understand their answers anyway
>very tough logic question saar
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>>16928765
>brainlet seethes preemptively
Good job, OP.
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>>16928369
I'd beat them all up one after another and figure it out by the noises they make.
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>>16928369
isn't this just the monty hall problem?
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>>16928369
>completely random
found the problem.
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>>16928369
you only need two questions
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>>16928765
>And I asked this God a question, and by way of firm reply
>He said, "I'm not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays."



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