Moderator: Flannel Jesus
Carleas wrote:First, we need to be precise in our language, since this has gotten us into trouble before. It's not what he "is thinking", but what he logically could think.
Flannel Jesus wrote:
Silhouette wrote:And the explanation of the stick one:
Carleas wrote:The baby one:
Flannel Jesus wrote:I think you misunderstood that one.
There aren't 2 snaps. There's 1 snap, into 2 pieces.
James S Saint wrote:Incorrect explanation to the chess board. The coloring has nothing to do with it.
Flannel Jesus wrote:There are 5 pirates, of different ages. They are all, as luck would have it, perfect logicians. They also have just found some treasure: 100 coins. They are deciding how to split it. The rules for deciding the splitting are as follows:
The oldest proposes how to split the treasure.
Everyone except him votes on if it's a good split.
Each pirate, having a strong sense of self-interest, bases their vote on the question, "Would I get less if this proposal failed?"
If the answer to that question is "yes," they vote for it, else they vote against it.
If at least 50% of voting pirates vote for it, it passes, else it fails and the oldest is thrown over board, and the new oldest makes a new proposal.
So, again, they're perfect logicians, and each ones has the explicit goals of
a) maximizing the money that gets split to them
b) not dying
So, what happens?
Flannel Jesus wrote:I think, between Carleas and Sil, my original answer was closest to Sil's.
Flannel Jesus wrote:But, Carleas said something interesting that I hadn't thought of.
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