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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic alludes to a famous {{w|Knights and Knaves}} logic puzzle, and specifically to the version featured in the | + | This comic alludes to a famous {{w|Knights and Knaves}} logic puzzle, and specifically to the version featured in the Jim Henson movie {{w|Labyrinth (film)|Labyrinth}}, with ''two'' doors and ''two'' guards. One guard always lies, and the other always tells the truth. One of the doors leads to freedom, and you can only ask one guard one question. The solution to this riddle involves a tricky question indeed. If you want to give the original puzzle a try for yourself, don't read the spoiler below. |
+ | *Solution 1: Ask one guard (it doesn't matter which one) which door the other guard would say leads out. The door indicated does not lead out. | ||
+ | *Solution 2: Ask any guard what answer he would give if you asked him the question "Which door leads out ?". The door indicated leads out. | ||
− | + | [[Black Hat]] added a third guard here who would stab his spear to [[Cueball]] on every tricky question. But even if the questions from before are not tricky enough to get stabbed there would be no helpful answer. And if Cueball asks one of the other guards the answers can't help to find the correct door. | |
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− | + | The title text presents a typical behavior of Black Hat — no door in fact does lead out of this labyrinth. | |
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− | The title text presents a typical behavior of Black Hat — no door in fact does lead out of this labyrinth. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]] | ||
[[Category:Logic]] | [[Category:Logic]] | ||
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