yeah, and hes right. simply ask, is it night?
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:46:33 -0900, Horace Heffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 11:56 PM 1/10/5, Randy Souther wrote: > >Why don't you just ask them if it is dark or not? > > > >Randy > > Here is the problem Richard posed: > > At 5:35 PM 1/9/5, RC Macaulay wrote: > >BlankIn west Texas there lived two tribes of natives. One tribe had red > >feet and never told lies. One tribe had green feet and never told the > >truth. > >Question>> If you were traveling in the area during the darkest night and > >encountered a tribe in the dark.. > > Phrased correctly, what single question could be posed to the tribe in > >the darkest night that would be answered in such a way that you could > >determine if they were lying or telling the truth? > > > >Richard > > Regards, > > Horace Heffner > > -- Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. -G.K. Chesterton
