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Intelligence test
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RE: Intelligence test
(September 10, 2015 at 12:37 am)thehedglin Wrote: "Two brothers walk up to you.

Man 1 says "One of us tells lies"

Man 2 says "And one of us tells the truth"."

Considering I do not yet know which, if any, tell the truth their statements are not credible. They could both be liars.

You can really only deduce anything if you make the assumption that they are consistently lying or telling the truth, but if you do that for the sake of argument, you actually can deduce, because certain constellations of speech cannot occur - see my long response.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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Intelligence test - by Knight000 - September 8, 2015 at 8:52 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Brian37 - September 8, 2015 at 8:56 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Faith No More - September 8, 2015 at 8:59 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Knight000 - September 8, 2015 at 9:06 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Brian37 - September 8, 2015 at 9:29 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Alex K - September 8, 2015 at 9:03 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Napoléon - September 8, 2015 at 9:09 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Angrboda - September 8, 2015 at 9:09 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Exian - September 8, 2015 at 9:27 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by brewer - September 8, 2015 at 9:28 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by brewer - September 8, 2015 at 9:41 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Alex K - September 8, 2015 at 9:44 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Angrboda - September 8, 2015 at 9:56 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Pyrrho - September 8, 2015 at 10:11 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Homeless Nutter - September 8, 2015 at 10:10 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Losty - September 8, 2015 at 10:14 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Alex K - September 8, 2015 at 10:15 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Alex K - September 8, 2015 at 10:21 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Pyrrho - September 8, 2015 at 10:56 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Brian37 - September 9, 2015 at 7:35 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Grandizer - September 9, 2015 at 7:52 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by bennyboy - September 9, 2015 at 9:46 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Knight000 - September 9, 2015 at 9:50 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Losty - September 9, 2015 at 11:37 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Pyrrho - September 9, 2015 at 10:29 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Brian37 - September 10, 2015 at 7:17 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Losty - September 8, 2015 at 10:26 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Alex K - September 8, 2015 at 10:30 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Losty - September 8, 2015 at 10:31 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Alex K - September 8, 2015 at 10:35 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Losty - September 8, 2015 at 10:39 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Grandizer - September 8, 2015 at 10:44 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Alex K - September 8, 2015 at 10:59 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Angrboda - September 8, 2015 at 11:46 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by robvalue - September 9, 2015 at 1:30 am
RE: Intelligence test - by Little lunch - September 9, 2015 at 2:34 am
RE: Intelligence test - by I_am_not_mafia - September 9, 2015 at 3:24 am
RE: Intelligence test - by Fidel_Castronaut - September 9, 2015 at 3:40 am
RE: Intelligence test - by I_am_not_mafia - September 9, 2015 at 3:58 am
RE: Intelligence test - by pocaracas - September 9, 2015 at 6:56 am
RE: Intelligence test - by Alex K - September 9, 2015 at 6:57 am
RE: Intelligence test - by robvalue - September 9, 2015 at 7:31 am
RE: Intelligence test - by Homeless Nutter - September 9, 2015 at 8:05 am
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RE: Intelligence test - by Jenny A - September 9, 2015 at 10:40 am
RE: Intelligence test - by Faith No More - September 9, 2015 at 11:17 am
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RE: Intelligence test - by Longhorn - September 9, 2015 at 11:13 am
RE: Intelligence test - by robvalue - September 9, 2015 at 1:15 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Exian - September 9, 2015 at 1:35 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by JesusHChrist - September 9, 2015 at 2:31 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by I_am_not_mafia - September 9, 2015 at 3:21 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Wyrd of Gawd - September 14, 2015 at 4:19 am
RE: Intelligence test - by Knight000 - September 9, 2015 at 2:43 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Alex K - September 9, 2015 at 3:49 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Knight000 - September 9, 2015 at 4:23 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Alex K - September 9, 2015 at 10:20 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Faith No More - September 11, 2015 at 10:51 am
RE: Intelligence test - by Knight000 - September 11, 2015 at 2:05 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - September 9, 2015 at 6:57 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Spooky - September 9, 2015 at 9:11 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by The Valkyrie - September 9, 2015 at 9:15 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Knight000 - September 9, 2015 at 9:22 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Fidel_Castronaut - September 10, 2015 at 3:03 am
RE: Intelligence test - by Alex K - September 10, 2015 at 3:50 am
RE: Intelligence test - by Exian - September 9, 2015 at 9:50 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by thehedglin - September 10, 2015 at 12:37 am
RE: Intelligence test - by Alex K - September 10, 2015 at 3:09 am
RE: Intelligence test - by thehedglin - September 10, 2015 at 11:18 am
RE: Intelligence test - by robvalue - September 10, 2015 at 2:12 am
RE: Intelligence test - by Knight000 - September 10, 2015 at 7:25 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by ignoramus - September 10, 2015 at 2:36 am
RE: Intelligence test - by LastPoet - September 10, 2015 at 3:04 am
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RE: Intelligence test - by LastPoet - September 10, 2015 at 3:43 am
RE: Intelligence test - by Alex K - September 10, 2015 at 4:00 am
RE: Intelligence test - by Alex K - September 10, 2015 at 4:26 am
RE: Intelligence test - by LastPoet - September 10, 2015 at 4:55 am
RE: Intelligence test - by LastPoet - September 10, 2015 at 10:45 am
RE: Intelligence test - by Napoléon - September 10, 2015 at 11:27 am
RE: Intelligence test - by pocaracas - September 10, 2015 at 11:32 am
RE: Intelligence test - by Fidel_Castronaut - September 11, 2015 at 4:21 am
RE: Intelligence test - by Longhorn - September 10, 2015 at 11:28 am
RE: Intelligence test - by LastPoet - September 10, 2015 at 11:29 am
RE: Intelligence test - by Longhorn - September 10, 2015 at 11:30 am
RE: Intelligence test - by LastPoet - September 10, 2015 at 11:33 am
RE: Intelligence test - by Napoléon - September 10, 2015 at 11:33 am
RE: Intelligence test - by LastPoet - September 10, 2015 at 11:37 am
RE: Intelligence test - by LastPoet - September 10, 2015 at 11:54 am
RE: Intelligence test - by Napoléon - September 10, 2015 at 12:12 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by LastPoet - September 11, 2015 at 3:26 am
RE: Intelligence test - by Angrboda - September 10, 2015 at 7:33 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by Silver - September 10, 2015 at 7:36 pm
RE: Intelligence test - by robvalue - September 11, 2015 at 3:28 am
RE: Intelligence test - by bennyboy - September 11, 2015 at 6:15 am
RE: Intelligence test - by Alex K - September 11, 2015 at 6:19 am
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