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Old 13-November-2008, 06:36 PM
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I recall discussing a much easier (but still very thorny) version of this problem in a class. Ultimately it came down to figuring out whether a particular god was Liar or Random. In desperation, one of the students suggested "Ask him Are you a god?" On the grounds that a god who answers truthfully even some of the time, would never humiliate himself by answering "No".

I forgot the precise phrasing of that particular version.
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