KB Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 They all start commiting suicide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nxuan Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 They all start commiting suicide Getting close..... How and why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 They cut one eye out to see what colour eyes they have??? And die from shock. Disgusting eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Suppose there are 2 red-eyed monks on the island and you're one of them. Before the visitor arrives you always assume that the red-eyed monk you observe is the only monk with red eyes -- ie, you're safe. (That monk is of course thinking the same thing about you.) When the visitor announces that there are red eyes on the island you expect the *one* (so you think) red-eyed monk to commit suicide. When they don't, you realize you're in trouble. They must have been watching someone else and waiting for that person to commit suicide. The only person that they could have been watching is you -- you can see that everyone else on the island has brown eyes so that rules them out. So because the other red-eyed monk didn't kill himrself on day 1, you deduce on day 2 that your eyes are red and you kill yourself. The other monk went through identical reasoning watching you and so will also commit suicide on day 2. Supposing there are 3 red-eyed monks, each is watching the other 2 and expecting, by the reasoning above, that they will both die on day 2. When they don't, he concludes that they must not be watching just each other. Since it's symmetric, the other 2 monks are each watching you and the other one and thinking the same thing. Hence, you all 3 know to kill yourselves by the 3rd day. etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Chris, did you ever hear of a place called Jonestown Ghana................nah forget it Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melvin.x Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Suppose there are 2 red-eyed monks on the island and you're one of them. Before the visitor arrives you always assume that the red-eyed monk you observe is the only monk with red eyes -- ie, you're safe. (That monk is of course thinking the same thing about you.) When the visitor announces that there are red eyes on the island you expect the *one* (so you think) red-eyed monk to commit suicide. When they don't, you realize you're in trouble. They must have been watching someone else and waiting for that person to commit suicide. The only person that they could have been watching is you -- you can see that everyone else on the island has brown eyes so that rules them out. So because the other red-eyed monk didn't kill himrself on day 1, you deduce on day 2 that your eyes are red and you kill yourself. The other monk went through identical reasoning watching you and so will also commit suicide on day 2. Supposing there are 3 red-eyed monks, each is watching the other 2 and expecting, by the reasoning above, that they will both die on day 2. When they don't, he concludes that they must not be watching just each other. Since it's symmetric, the other 2 monks are each watching you and the other one and thinking the same thing. Hence, you all 3 know to kill yourselves by the 3rd day. etc... RESPECT Edge !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nxuan Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 They cut one eye out to see what colour eyes they have??? And die from shock. Disgusting eh? I like the way you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nxuan Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Suppose there are 2 red-eyed monks on the island and you're one of them. Before the visitor arrives you always assume that the red-eyed monk you observe is the only monk with red eyes -- ie, you're safe. (That monk is of course thinking the same thing about you.) When the visitor announces that there are red eyes on the island you expect the *one* (so you think) red-eyed monk to commit suicide. When they don't, you realize you're in trouble. They must have been watching someone else and waiting for that person to commit suicide. The only person that they could have been watching is you -- you can see that everyone else on the island has brown eyes so that rules them out. So because the other red-eyed monk didn't kill himrself on day 1, you deduce on day 2 that your eyes are red and you kill yourself. The other monk went through identical reasoning watching you and so will also commit suicide on day 2. Supposing there are 3 red-eyed monks, each is watching the other 2 and expecting, by the reasoning above, that they will both die on day 2. When they don't, he concludes that they must not be watching just each other. Since it's symmetric, the other 2 monks are each watching you and the other one and thinking the same thing. Hence, you all 3 know to kill yourselves by the 3rd day. etc... WINNER What happens to the brown eyes monks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 They all lived happily ever after, because they were annibal monks and they ate the ones with red eyes. Jees, I am a bit morbid this morning lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nxuan Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 You walk into a room in which there are three primates: a chimpanzee, an orangutan, and a gorilla. The chimpanzee is holding a banana in each hand, the orangutan is holding a big stick, and the gorilla is holding nothing. Which primate in the room is the smartest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted September 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 You walk into a room in which there are three primates: a chimpanzee, an orangutan, and a gorilla. The chimpanzee is holding a banana in each hand, the orangutan is holding a big stick, and the gorilla is holding nothing. Which primate in the room is the smartest? Not me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nxuan Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 Not me! I'm sure hope you are. Winner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted June 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 BRAIN TEASER IS BACK FOR A NEW SEASON.... Now with easier questions, slower answers and 62% less brain teasing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 A???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted June 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 A???? You're right!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted June 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 Aspiration is to ambition as fruition is to: realisation, success, victory, recognition, desire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaedo Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 Aspiration is to ambition as fruition is to: realisation, success, victory, recognition, desire Going to go with success here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted June 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 That's close...but no cigar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b16a2 Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 hmmm... I would go for realisation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted June 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 hmmm... I would go for realisation He shoots....he scores! That's right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted June 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 783:59 395:32 579:44 666:?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 783:59 395:32 579:44 666:?? 666:42 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted June 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 666:42 Now name the book! He wins! January February April July November April ??? What comes next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 Now name the book! Book? As for the months, the Fibonacci sequence looks a little screwy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 Wow................hello my old friend October. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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