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Famous logical puzzles

Post 1

quotes

" 2 doors and 2 guards. One of the guards always tells the truth and the other always lies etc"

This is a famous logical puzzle; what other well-known puzzles are there?


Famous logical puzzles

Post 2

Icy North

"Does there exist an algorithm for deciding whether or not a specific mathematical assertion does or does not have a proof?"


Famous logical puzzles

Post 3

Icy North

Do you found paradoxes? Zeno devised a few famous ones:

Achilles and the tortoise paradox: A fleet-of-foot Achilles is unable to catch a plodding tortoise which has been given a head start, since during the time it takes Achilles to catch up to a given position, the tortoise has moved forward some distance. But this is obviously fallacious since Achilles will clearly pass the tortoise!


Famous logical puzzles

Post 4

Gnomon - time to move on

Other famous puzzles include the man going bear-hunting, the wine water mixture and the three hats.

Pardoxes include the Monty Hall paradox and the two envelopes one containing twice the cash in the other.


Famous logical puzzles

Post 5

Icy North

I'm sure you'll find a few if you browse through the h2g2 category at C63


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