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Mirror Image Puzzle

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Jonathan

Below is a puzzle I have come across on two different occasions, the latest one being when reading the introduction to Gary Drescher’s book “Good and Real: Demystifying Paradoxes from Physics to Ethics” (which I did not come close to … Continue reading →

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Modification to IBM Puzzle

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Jonathan

Modify this puzzle in the following way: Suppose that the encoding is in trinary, with 0’s, 1’s and 2’s, and that 0 represents white and 1 represents black (as in the original) and that 2 represents red. Suppose further that … Continue reading →

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Puzzle about Video Game Taipan

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Jonathan

updated below – Weds 8pm Here’s a question my brother asked: There is a video game called Taipan. It can be played as a 2-player game, where the player with the most money at the end wins. You make money … Continue reading →

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A Puzzle about the Halting Problem

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Jonathan

(updated at end) I was reading about the halting problem recently, and in trying to understand it, I thought of a question that I can’t figure out the answer to (it is one of these cases where it feels like … Continue reading →

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