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I think Tewi has probably got it.

 

Solution:

All of the answers are logically true (Except for no stars on a technicality, as that translates to formal logic differently.) So long as the number of stars given is less than the total number of stars in the sky, the sky does indeed contain that many. A correct answer is a true answer in the format of saying how many stars there are in the sky. False answers include any statement with no truth value, such as just a number.

 

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I mean I checked my answer after I guessed. And my "answer" would've been right, but my explanation of the rule was wrong.

 

I mean, the rule is stupid anyways, but whatever.

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Solution:

All of the answers are logically true (Except for no stars on a technicality, as that translates to formal logic differently.) So long as the number of stars given is less than the total number of stars in the sky, the sky does indeed contain that many. A correct answer is a true answer in the format of saying how many stars there are in the sky. False answers include any statement with no truth value, such as just a number.

 

 

Like I said, load of horseshit.

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Ok solve my riddle.

 

So you are in a basement. You receive absolutely no indication of light from the incandescent lightbulb upstairs within this space. In the basement are three levers, and only one turns on the light. You are only allowed to go up to check on the lightbulb once. So, how do you figure out which one is the right one?

 

I'm not going to listen to you guys since you are all probably just talking to yourself and don't really have a tulpa like me.

 

 

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No need. Flip them all.

 

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Or just do the smart thing, unscrew the lightbulb, attach two wires to the leads, run the wires downstairs, then attach the lightbulb to the wires.

 

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Or just unscrew the lightbulb, and use a current probe to figure out which of the three switches now does nothing.

 

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Or do what everyone else does and get a friend to shout to you when the lightbulb turns on.

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flip two, go check, if it's on it's one of the two you flipped so you can unflip one and then you'll know, if it's off then you know it was the one you didn't flip

 

or just hit all three, seems like the least work

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That sounds like two checks.

 

Anyway, I was going to say uninstall two of the switches, then rewire their circuits to the remaining switch. Then it is the right one. :( But someone took my toolbox.

 

Also, I was going to say tie a string to each switch then go upstairs and pull the strings in order. But someone took my string.

 

Does a vanity mirror count as a tool?

 

Oh, you can wrap an elastic band around the lightbulb. Then flip a switch and wait for the bulb to heat up.

 

Oh, what about unscrewing the lightbulb, then plugging your radio into it? Oh... the tines don't fit.

 

Ignore me:

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Unscrew the lightbulb. Smash it. Twist the wires together. Screw it back in. Go downstairs. The switch that toggles the main circuit breaker is the one that controls the lightbulb.

 

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