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Damn, I've spent hours trying to get an answer. I feel like I'm almost there now.
75. That's my answer and I'm sticking to it lol
Heh, I like that problem. :D
Quote from: DGuller on November 01, 2011, 10:19:39 AM
Damn, I've spent hours trying to get an answer. I feel like I'm almost there now.
:D
Quote from: DGuller on November 01, 2011, 10:19:39 AM
Damn, I've spent hours trying to get an answer. I feel like I'm almost there now.
It is like zen buddhist meditation for math nerds.
This is my favorite Languish post in a long time.
Fuck, I give up.
:lol: Good.
No Jaron option? :(
None of the answers given can be correct. Perhaps there is a problem with the question?
Quote from: Pishtaco on November 01, 2011, 01:14:21 PM
None of the answers given can be correct. Perhaps there is a problem with the question?
Heh, the joke is that there is no "correct" answer, so you can't work out a percent chance of getting one.
The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?
C should have been 75%. That would have made things even more complicated.
So what 'should' the correct answer be then? (assuming the question is just right chance of picking a,b,c or d and they don't contain the answers in themselves...or something)
]I'm guessing some quite complicated maths springs from the order they're presented, two being the same, etc....
Quote from: Tyr on November 01, 2011, 06:58:16 PM
So what 'should' the correct answer be then? (assuming the question is just right chance of picking a,b,c or d and they don't contain the answers in themselves...or something)
]I'm guessing some quite complicated maths springs from the order they're presented, two being the same, etc....
It's a loop. If the answer 25% is correct (as it would normally be), then you actually have a 50% chance of getting it right by random selection, since 25% appears twice. If 50% is correct, then 25% must be incorrect, and you would not have a 50% chance of guessing correctly.
Quote from: Tyr on November 01, 2011, 06:58:16 PM
So what 'should' the correct answer be then?
It's a paradox.
Gah, I was over thinking it.
Makes sense.
There is and cannot be a correct answer, because this is a classic self-referencing paradox.
It's the mathematical equivalent of "This sentence is a lie."
Quote from: fahdiz on November 01, 2011, 11:24:50 PM
Quote from: Tyr on November 01, 2011, 06:58:16 PM
So what 'should' the correct answer be then?
It's a paradox.
Maybe we will get the right answer in two more patches, then. :)
Quote from: Martinus on November 02, 2011, 04:18:00 AM
Maybe we will get the right answer in two more patches, then. :)
:D
Quote from: Martinus on November 02, 2011, 04:18:00 AM
Quote from: fahdiz on November 01, 2011, 11:24:50 PM
Quote from: Tyr on November 01, 2011, 06:58:16 PM
So what 'should' the correct answer be then?
It's a paradox.
Maybe we will get the right answer in two more patches, then. :)
:lol: I'm glad I read the whole thread, I was going to post something similar.
Quote from: PJL on November 01, 2011, 05:40:32 PM
C should have been 75%. That would have made things even more complicated.
I agree. :yes:
Quote from: jimmy olsen on November 02, 2011, 09:54:04 PM
Quote from: PJL on November 01, 2011, 05:40:32 PM
C should have been 75%. That would have made things even more complicated.
I agree. :yes:
Or it should be 0%. Whoa.