TwoaDay Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 Two cultures of aliens live on the planet Trekia, the carpals and the tarsals. The carpals always lie. The tarsals always tell the truth. A traveler arrives on trekia and meets a party of three aliens. she asks the aliens to which culture they belong. The first murmurs something that is too soft to hear. The second replies, "it said it was a carpal." The third says to the second, "you are a liar." From this information figure out which culture the third alien belongs to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 unreality Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 the second is calling the first a liar, and the third is calling the second a liar. * if the second is a liar, then the third is a tarsal * if the second is a tarsal, then the third is a liar so we have to figure out what the second alien is. Since nothing bound by all-truth or all-lie rules can say "I am a liar", the first alien could not have said that itself was a carpal, meaning the second alien is a liar. Meaning the third alien is a tarsal. Good riddle! ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 TwoaDay Posted February 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 perfect, thats exactly got i got it good job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Two cultures of aliens live on the planet Trekia, the carpals and the tarsals.
The carpals always lie. The tarsals always tell the truth.
A traveler arrives on trekia and meets a party of three aliens. she asks the aliens to which culture they belong.
The first murmurs something that is too soft to hear.
The second replies, "it said it was a carpal."
The third says to the second, "you are a liar."
From this information figure out which culture the third alien belongs to.
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