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Everything Else / Re: Riddles
« on: September 10, 2005, 03:00:10 PM »
Legion, you're not alone. The first time I heard the puzzle it took me quite a while to understand why it paid to switch.
"Magic is what makes fantasy fantastic," someone says, "you can't apply rules to them or else it loses wonder!" I respond, "Sure, but if you want to write them you will certainly want to know how they work." Writing is all about execution, and I find applying some basic laws of physics to magic systems make them more understandable and realistic. Here, I'm going to outline my basic method for developing a magic system.
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You and two other very smart people were brought before the President. He want's to see which of you is the smartest, so you can figure out how to lower gas prices.
You are led blind-folded into a small room, and seated around a table. The president describes the test.
"Upon each of your heads I have placed a hat. You are either wearing a blue hat or a white hat. You don't know which, but I will tell you this; at least one of you is wearing a blue hat. There may be only one blue hat and two white hats, there may be two blue hats and one white hat, or there may be three blue hats. But you may be certain that there are not three white hats."
The president explains that when the blindfolds are taken off, the first to correctly announce the color of his hat shall be his advisor.
With that, the president uncovers your eyes and you see that your two competitors are each wearing blue hats. You see from the look in their eyes that they are thinking, "What is the color of my hat?"
For hours nobody speaks, then finally you stand up and say, "The color of the hat I am wearing is..."
What color is your hat? And how do you come to that conclusiong?
This does not chance the fact that the question still leaves you with only 2 choices.
Formula is now
A = still your pick
B=another box
C = been eliminated so its zero now
A + (B + 0) = 100% chance of winning...is that right?
So then it's really A + B = 100% chance of winning...2 choices both equal it’s a 50/50 chance that either is true...
Can you show me anything that is wrong with this logic?
I'm sorry, we can't have two Eric's here, it's far too confusing.