Wednesday, July 31, 2019

lateral thinking - Liar liar pants on fire


Here is an easy and straightforward liar puzzle.



Four people are in a room, stack reader, boboquack, Rand al'Thor and Brent Hackers.
stack reader states that at least 2 of the other 3 are liars.
boboquack states that Rand al'Thor and Brent Hackers are the only 2 liars or are both truth tellers.
Rand al'Thor states that stack reader is the only liar.
Brent Hackers states that Rand al'Thor is the only liar or the only truth teller.




There is more than 1 liar!
Can you find who are the liars?
I can assure you that no one will find the answer!



Answer



I think the answer is:



Stack Reader is the only liar



I mean,




Here is an easy and straightforward liar puzzle is a lie - look at how many differing opinions there are




Four people are in a room, stackreader, boboquack, Rand al'Thor and Brent Hackers. is a lie




stackreader states that at least 2 of the other 3 are liars. is a lie (he says at least one of the others is lying, below)




boboquack states that Rand al'Thor and Brent Hackers are the only 2 liars or are both truth tellers. <- lie, bbq never said that. Same for "Rand al'Thor states that stackreader is the only liar." and "Brent Hackers states that Rand al'Thor is the only liar or the only truth teller."





There is more than 1 liar! Lie - stackreader is the only liar




I can assure you that no one will find the answer! lie, somebody will probably find the answer



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