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Homer and Horace 1
Homer and Horace are twins that look exactly alike.
They each have two personalities, State 1 and State 2.
Homer tells the truth in State 1 and lies in State 2 while Horace lies in State 1 and tells the truth in State 2.
One of them said, "I am in State 1."
Who said this?
They each have two personalities, State 1 and State 2.
Homer tells the truth in State 1 and lies in State 2 while Horace lies in State 1 and tells the truth in State 2.
One of them said, "I am in State 1."
Who said this?
Answer
He is either telling the truth or lying.If he is telling the truth, then he is in State 1, but only Homer tells the truth in State 1.
If he is lying, then he is in State 2, but only Homer lies in State 2.
In either case, he is Homer.
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He is Homer.
I think the answer must be : no one of them, because the question was “Who said this?”
No one said this, although just before the question was a statement that tells you that one of them said that he is in State 1.
No one said this, although just before the question was a statement that tells you that one of them said that he is in State 1.
Nice. hard but you could figure it out if you think for a while. real good ;~)
Timothy - can I just ask if you are Tim Axoy?
way too easy
Tim Axoy
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