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From: ags@pucc-h (Dave Seaman)
Newsgroups: net.puzzle
Subject: Re: Truth-tellers vs. liars
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Date: Fri, 21-Feb-86 09:40:41 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 21 09:40:41 1986
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In article <1763@bbncc5.UUCP> keesan@bbncc5.UUCP (Morris M. Keesan) writes:
>One must be careful when devising answers to the truth-tellers vs. liars puzzles
>to examine what the definition of a liar is.  
	. . .
>A
>better question to ask, i.e. one which makes fewer assumptions, would be, "If I
>were to ask you if that road [pointing] leads to the hospital, would you say
>'yes'?"

And what can you conclude if he answers this question by saying "certainly!"
[Think about it.]
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Dave Seaman	  					pur-ee!pucc-h!ags