去過某一次團集會應該聽過類似題
不過這題很完整很好玩ㄛ 還可以練習英文 :)
There was once a village of 50 very smart and very crazy
scientists. Each day these mad scientists studied advanced calculus
and biomedical research and plotted devious evils upon the world.
Realizing that the scientists must be stopped, a neighboring town of
wise men sent their leader to place a curse on the scientists. The
curse was: On each scientists back was placed a bomb, either white
or black, and any scientist who discovered the color of his own bomb
would explode that day at midnight. Unknown to the scientists, the
leader of the wise men placed 10 black bombs and 40 white bombs.
Of course, the scientists thought they could outsmart this
curse. They removed all mirrors and reflective objects from the
village and vowed never to tell another scientist the color of his
bomb ?for they saw each other every day and each could see the color
of everyones bomb except their own.
Five years passed and the scientists believed they had
outsmarted the wise men. There had been no explosions and life
progressed as usual. Then came a turning point. The leader of the
wise men returned to the village and called for all the scientists to
gather around him. Thinking that he might remove the curse, each of
the 50 mad scientists listened carefully to what the wise man had to
say. And it was this: I will tell no one the color of his own bomb,
but I will tell you all this. There is at least one black bomb.? And
then he left the village.
Thinking nothing of the incident, the mad scientists continued
their evil plots. Then, some number of days later, they exploded.
Why?
Questions:
1. Why did the scientists explode?
2. It seems paradoxical that the scientists blew up since they
already knew there was at least one black bomb. After all, the
scientists with black bombs saw 9 other black bombs each day and the
40 scientists with white bombs saw 10 black bombs each day. Yet if
the wise man never calls them to the meeting, no one will ever
explode! Why does it make a difference when the wise man tells them
something they seem to already know? Better yet, what does he
indirectly tell them that they didnt know before?
來挑戰吧~~
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你要記住 你是世界上獨一無二的 就像世界上每個人一樣