Logic fun.
Posted by FrozenWinters Jul 15 2011 17:08 GMT in FrozenWinters
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On an island, there are k people who have blue eyes, and the rest of the people have green eyes. There is at least one blue-eyed person on the island (k ≥ 1). If a person ever knows they have blue eyes, they must leave the island at dawn the next day. Each person can see every other person's eye color, there are no reflective surfaces, and there is no discussion of eye color. At some point, an outsider comes to the island, calls together all the people on the island, and makes the following public announcement: "At least one of you has blue eyes". The outsider, furthermore, is known by all to be truthful, and all know that all know this, and so on: it is common knowledge that he is truthful, and thus it becomes common knowledge that there is at least one islander who has blue eyes. The problem: assuming all persons on the island are completely logical and that this too is common knowledge, what is the eventual outcome?


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My guess is mass chaos as everybody has a witch hunt for the blue-eyed person.
Or they just look around and decide the leaving at dawn is a stupid rule.
Reply by Linkshot Jul 15 2011 17:43 GMT
people will die
Reply by Slim Jul 15 2011 17:57 GMT
Note: there is no discussion of eye color!
Reply by FrozenWinters Jul 15 2011 18:11 GMT
Answer: on the kth day, all k blue-eyed people will leave the island.
Reply by FrozenWinters Jul 15 2011 18:18 GMT

real answer: the island was actually a shark and all the people get eaten

Reply by THAT BOBZ GUY Jul 15 2011 18:24 GMT
and then there were none
Reply by MM Jul 15 2011 19:39 GMT
They blind each other so that way they don't have any more eyes.
Reply by Viddd Jul 15 2011 19:40 GMT
it's the outsider
Reply by Nastasia Jul 16 2011 20:04 GMT
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