A slim crocodile living in Nile took a child. Mother begged to give him back. The crocodile could not only talk, he was also a great sophist, and so he stated: "If you guess (Edited: predict the fate = guess correctly), what I will do with him, I will return him. However, if you don't guess his fate I'll eat him." What statement shall the mother make to save her child (what about a vicious circle ...)?
I think the mother only has to say that the slim croc would eat the child. If she was wrong, then the croc would resolve to eat the child, Thus making the mother right.(Therefore he would be forced to give her back the child). If the croc WAS going to eat the child, then he would still give the child back
Crocodile Sophism
in Paradoxes
Posted
I think the mother only has to say that the slim croc would eat the child. If she was wrong, then the croc would resolve to eat the child, Thus making the mother right.(Therefore he would be forced to give her back the child). If the croc WAS going to eat the child, then he would still give the child back