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I believe your next move would be to question them on what their next move should be.
 Blog Entries: 8 Recognitions: Gold Member Science Advisor Staff Emeritus OK, I'm very bored right now, so I'm going to be pedantic. The cannibals say "if you say a lie, we'll eat you slowly. if you say a truth, we'll eat you fast." But they did not say what they would do if you tell them a self-contradicting statement. If this trick should work, then the cannibals should have said: "we'll eat you slowly if and only if you tell a lie. we'll eat you fast, if and only if you speak the truth." Reminds me of
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 Of course, I would argue the comic is incorrect-- the "tester" says "Tom Smith has just died as a result of your decision", but that's wrong. Tom Smith didn't die as a result of the subject's decision. He died as a result of the tester's decision. Should've just said "Tom Smith has just died". If someone was going to die regardless of whether or not the button was pushed, then that's not a decision that's up to the subject. DaveE

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 Quote by davee123 Of course, I would argue the comic is incorrect-- the "tester" says "Tom Smith has just died as a result of your decision", but that's wrong. Tom Smith didn't die as a result of the subject's decision. He died as a result of the tester's decision. Should've just said "Tom Smith has just died". If someone was going to die regardless of whether or not the button was pushed, then that's not a decision that's up to the subject. DaveE
Everything the tester said was true. However. there are two things the tester failed to mention. One was that if you don't push the button Tom Smith will be killed and someone somewhere in the world will receive one million dollars. The other thing she left out was that if you do push the button the someone who will be killed will not be Tom Smith.
 You saw a shirt for 97DOLLARS. You didn't have the cash so you borowed 50DOLLARS from you dad and 50DOLLARS from your mum. 50+50=100DOLLARS you bought the shirt and had 3 dollars change. you gave you mum 1DOLLAR, 1DOLLAR to your dad and you kept 1DOLLAR to yourself. now you owe your mum 49DOLLARS and your dad 49DOLLARS. 49DOLLARS + 49DOLLARS = 98DOLLARS + your 1DOLLAR = 99DOLLARS. Where is the missing 1DOLLAR?????????????
 is it that no one can do the above????

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 Quote by evra You saw a shirt for 97DOLLARS. You didn't have the cash so you borowed 50DOLLARS from you dad and 50DOLLARS from your mum. 50+50=100DOLLARS you bought the shirt and had 3 dollars change. you gave you mum 1DOLLAR, 1DOLLAR to your dad and you kept 1DOLLAR to yourself. now you owe your mum 49DOLLARS and your dad 49DOLLARS. 49DOLLARS + 49DOLLARS = 98DOLLARS + your 1DOLLAR = 99DOLLARS. Where is the missing 1DOLLAR?????????????
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The error is "98DOLLARS + your 1DOLLAR." You're adding debt and surplus, when you should be subtracting them. Assuming that the one dollar is the only cash you have, then your overall "net" debt is $98 *minus*$1 (not plus \$1)

 Quote by powergirl Let me ask the Ist Quest:'n. "1) How much soil is there in a hole measuring one metre by one metre by one metre?"
nothing..coz it's just a hole...