Can You Guess Who's Lying? 3 Logic Riddles to Train Your Problem Solving Skills

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  • @MrCardeso
    @MrCardeso 5 ปีที่แล้ว +260

    Would I like more videos like this? I whispered my answer to the guy next to me. Ask him...

    • @amphibiousone7972
      @amphibiousone7972 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      He's a knight and said YES please!

    • @adolfomotanavarro6553
      @adolfomotanavarro6553 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@amphibiousone7972 are you a knave though? *plot thickens*

    • @amphibiousone7972
      @amphibiousone7972 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@adolfomotanavarro6553 giggles

    • @jacobcain9008
      @jacobcain9008 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Knights will answer yes to this question. Knaves will lie and say no.
      They are either both knights, or both knaves. Since it's TH-cam, I'm going to assume they're knaves.

    • @endxofxeternity
      @endxofxeternity 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jacobcain9008 Unless you're a knave and lying about TH-cam. The plot thickens

  • @KhAnubis
    @KhAnubis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +200

    Now I‘m wondering what it must be like to live on this island.

    • @cheesywiz9443
      @cheesywiz9443 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      haha

    • @Voxdalian
      @Voxdalian 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Well, if you grow up there you know who's who and it'll come naturally to always believe something else than what knaves tell you, I don't think it'd be too hard.

    • @eaterdrinker000
      @eaterdrinker000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      fake news

    • @anthonydentice8180
      @anthonydentice8180 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Imagine being a knave =( just a bad time

    • @GarrettPetersen
      @GarrettPetersen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      In Japan, language is gendered. Men and women use different words to refer to the same thing. But Japanese people get used to it. If you grew up on this island, you would learn that "no" means "yes" for exactly half the population, and get used to it.

  • @JakubH
    @JakubH 5 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    So, I made a chart, 4 possibilities:
    B | B
    ---------
    K | K
    K | K
    K | K
    K | K
    ...oh, their names start with the same letter and the types of people too! I hate these kind of riddles.
    But great video

    • @cheesywiz9443
      @cheesywiz9443 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Jakub Homola I was trying to do the same until I realized that xD
      I just did it with T(true) and L

    • @amphibiousone7972
      @amphibiousone7972 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Now that's funny! Cool😉😊😂

    • @seagullspit6048
      @seagullspit6048 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Okkk

    • @christianmorales8978
      @christianmorales8978 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jakub Homola There are only 4 different types of possibilities in this which are:
      Knave:Knave
      Knight:Knight
      Knave:Knight
      Knight:Knave

    • @malcolmbacchus421
      @malcolmbacchus421 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There is a whole book of similar puzzles, getting progressively harder, in Raymond Smullyan's book "What is the name of this book" . He was a professor of logics and wrote a whole host of popular books on the subject in the 1970s and 1980s. The irreplaceable Martin Gardner, who wrote for Scientific American, had some excellent pieces on the truth teller/liar problem as well which are in his various "mathematical puzzles and other diversions " series of books.

  • @MrWilliam932
    @MrWilliam932 5 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    The second riddle is just a bunch of buffers and NOT gates in series

    • @ryanallen2001
      @ryanallen2001 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      EXACTLY what I thought of! :)

    • @t33th4n
      @t33th4n 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A fellow IT guy

    • @alejrandom6592
      @alejrandom6592 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      for a moment I thought that you were stating that they are not gates in a series...

    • @AlexSchendel
      @AlexSchendel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I feel 😂 Took me ten seconds to go: "oh okay, so they said 'No'." Then it took me ten minutes to realize the significance of phrasing the question as a hypothetical.

    • @Danilego
      @Danilego 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Haha you're right, the knaves are NOT gates and the knights are buffers, that sure makes it easier!

  • @Somerandomdude-ev2uh
    @Somerandomdude-ev2uh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    Another way to solve the last one, realise that if one statement is true then all to the left are true. Then 5th is the highest one where what they say doesn't contradict this fact.

    • @phs125
      @phs125 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wow

    • @ericknyevz3840
      @ericknyevz3840 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Somerandomdude4.2526 Actually only one is a knight. Because only one can have the right answer. Yet they all had different answers. Meaning one knight because 5 knights would have all answered the question the same. In order to tell the truth.

    • @ZiggyGrok
      @ZiggyGrok 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Knights always tell the truth. Evidently, they don't always tell the *whole* truth.
      That, or you're having trouble with "at least N of us are X" being the same as "our group contains N or more X" or "the number of X in our group is greater than or equal to N"

    • @amphibiousone7972
      @amphibiousone7972 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      WOW, you are a natural😄 and....oh heck, just WOW

    • @luksiko408
      @luksiko408 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      thats the way i did it

  • @themuslimexplainer7285
    @themuslimexplainer7285 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    5:32 "Now, we can't just brute force like we did in our last example..."
    I just wrote a program to brute force it.

    • @CpEgeo
      @CpEgeo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Lord Colin Yeah, Essentially Knights are buffers and Knaves are inverters. You know you have 5 buffers and 5 inverters, you just don't know what the first one is, but you have the resulting output, so determining the unknown is trivial.

    • @physicslover4951
      @physicslover4951 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sounds like something a knave would say...

  • @Skeithization
    @Skeithization 5 ปีที่แล้ว +216

    I don't understand why a knave would answer no if I ask "If I asked you if you were a knight...", shouldn't it also be yes?. Anyway, loved your riddles and love your videos.

    • @vishwasbabu6417
      @vishwasbabu6417 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Skeith M. Even, I've doubts about that.....

    • @W4LL37SK83R
      @W4LL37SK83R 5 ปีที่แล้ว +142

      It's because there are actually 2 questions in the question, so a knave will have to lie about both questions. Since the first question feeds into the second question, the answer to the second question ends up being a double negative, which makes it true.
      Or another way of thinking about it...
      If you asked anyone on that island if they were a knight, they would of course answer yes.
      But then if you immediately follow with another question where you ask what answer they just gave, a knight will tell you the truth and say yes, but a knave will lie and say no.
      So the question "If I asked you if you were a knight, what would you say?" is just a way of combining those 2 questions into one question.

    • @raykent3211
      @raykent3211 5 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      @@W4LL37SK83R yeah, it arises from the premise that a liar is not attempting to mislead, but strictly constrained to say the exact opposite of the truth. Are you a liar - no. If I were to ask you if you are a liar what would you say - yes. The second answer depends on the idea that the liar behaves with strict integrity, rather than seeking to mislead.

    • @TheBANDRIS
      @TheBANDRIS 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Thanks for the explanation! As a not native speaker it really didn't made sense to me why would the first say 'no'. I feel it is not really a logic problem but a linguistic.

    • @Skeithization
      @Skeithization 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ooh, I get it now! Thank you :)

  • @NotHPotter
    @NotHPotter 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    This was a lot of fun, and it's amusing how even when not discussing physics, you still use its vocabulary.

    • @upandatom
      @upandatom  5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      haha I didn't even notice!

    • @saranelson7633
      @saranelson7633 ปีที่แล้ว

      Up and ATOM I didn't notice LOL

    • @saranelson7633
      @saranelson7633 ปีที่แล้ว

      Know LOL from 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000secs ago

    • @saranelson7633
      @saranelson7633 ปีที่แล้ว

      Up and ATOM is mad *runs while screaming*

  • @nervous711
    @nervous711 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What makes this so fun is the amazing narrative and animation. Top notch!

  • @kairunelastreeper
    @kairunelastreeper 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I have to say your wording is what confused me on question 2. I ended up rewording it and was able to solve through the same.
    My original issue is I had the knight and knave both answering yes which tripped me up. After the correction our processes matched.

  • @jonthecomposer
    @jonthecomposer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    With the fear that I may sound like a broken record, I still truthfully love these videos and think whatever format you do them in has been completely effective. Short answer: yes. Please do these if you so feel.
    I LOVE logic, problem solving, and logic puzzles. Problem solving is a higher form of learning compared to memorization. And I don't mean that to sound biased. What I'm saying is that nearly everything anyone learns that they have to memorize was FIRST "solved" in a way to make those puzzle pieces fit correctly. Then, many simply memorize the pieces and how they fit.
    For instance, in music, there are 12 major keys. And most musicians who read music memorize these. But there is a definite pattern (and rules) that you can apply to build any major scale from scratch. The seriously cool thing is that, once you "solve for" any particular scale, you come to realize WHY there are only certain keys that work well (like Bb and NOT A#). For that particular example, the very simple answer is the key of Bb has 2 flats: Bb and Eb. But the key of A# (which sounds exactly the same) has 4 sharps and 3 DOUBLE SHARPS!!! A#, B#, Cx, D#, E#, Fx, Gx!!!
    So not only does learning to problem solve help to find (new) answers to problems, but it can help people to understand the nature of certain things that many simply take for granted.

    • @BaguetteHD
      @BaguetteHD 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You just made music sound so much more interesting to me than ever before lol

    • @jonthecomposer
      @jonthecomposer 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks :)

    • @saranelson7633
      @saranelson7633 ปีที่แล้ว

      Up and ATOM

    • @mrosskne
      @mrosskne ปีที่แล้ว

      what causes a key to have a specific number of sharps or flats?

  • @ZS-bg7jo
    @ZS-bg7jo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    A lot of DnD has taught me the most efficient way: murder hoboism - stab one of them. Then ask the other if the other is dead. Now you know

    • @nonconfirmistme6683
      @nonconfirmistme6683 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good one..

    • @thelordz33
      @thelordz33 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You could just ask what color something is

    • @WhereWhatHuh
      @WhereWhatHuh 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What if it's Schrodinger's island, and the one you stabbed/didn't stab is BOTH alive AND dead?

    • @mrosskne
      @mrosskne ปีที่แล้ว

      you fucker, you totally didn't just stab me!

  • @ethanpfeiffer7403
    @ethanpfeiffer7403 5 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    For some reason the hardest for me was the first riddle.

    • @upandatom
      @upandatom  5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      that's good it means you learnt and got better :)

    • @knightlon
      @knightlon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Me too. I was certain about the answer and wanted to skip to the next riddle but then I saw Jade's result was different. My first thought "she must be wrong" did not seem so likely. I went back to watch the explanation only to realize that I understood the task wrong :/

    • @XXDarkDrekXX
      @XXDarkDrekXX 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Totally the same. Actually got the 3rd one at a glance.

    • @ericknyevz3840
      @ericknyevz3840 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wreck really... because it was the wrong answer. Actually only one is a knight. Because only one can have the right answer. Yet they all had different answers to the same question. Meaning one knight because 5 knights would have all answered the question the same. In order to tell the truth.

    • @amphibiousone7972
      @amphibiousone7972 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes the first one is in many respects harder, it's the icebreaker helps you learn the rules....so to speak. Great job!

  • @cheesywiz9443
    @cheesywiz9443 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This was my one my of favorite videos in this channel.. I loved solving these riddles and it was really satisfying to be able to solve them :p Looking forward to more riddles Jade :D

  • @omkargaikwad4363
    @omkargaikwad4363 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What a great video. I would definitely love more such riddle videos. Such awesome animation which makes learning more fun. I had great time trying and solving these riddles. These riddles really involved me a lot which I really liked. Keep making the good stuff and love your videos.

  • @itsdeonlol
    @itsdeonlol 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    These Logic Riddles make me think harder & think of new ways to solve these problems. Please do more riddles like these Jade! :)

  • @saikat93ify
    @saikat93ify 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really loved these riddles. Especially the second and third riddle ! Very innovative. Please make more videos like this

  • @eduardolima5495
    @eduardolima5495 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Jade, really liked this kind of video!!! I like your regular content because I always learn something, but more frequent uploads with riddles is fun too!! I think you should keep up with the two kinds of videos. As always, I like your content because you make me a better person video by video!! Thank you for all your effort!! Keep up the good job!!

  • @julienbernu1661
    @julienbernu1661 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    For the last one you could solve it without stepping through every person: if N is the number of knaves, then there are also exactly N knights (those saying "there are at least n knaves" with n

  • @zeshw1748
    @zeshw1748 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Really fun riddles! thanks for the vid!
    The hardest part in the riddles for me was to realise that the negativity propagate through all the statements(and so you could use double negativity to always have the truth) as in boolean algebra. For some reason I assume it only work one time.

  • @nicolaiveliki1409
    @nicolaiveliki1409 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Kinda reminds me of the math behind transistors that confirm or negate an input and thereby perform the kinds of calculations that let me watch your videos. I bet Alan Turing would have loved your riddles

  • @astropredo
    @astropredo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do more of this! Just got to know your channel and I love it!

  • @zeljkoobradovic3445
    @zeljkoobradovic3445 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Like, i found your channel today, the vid u colaborated w diana, and i binge watched ur videos, and you gave me one extra video the same day??? Lol love it

    • @upandatom
      @upandatom  5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      welcome!

    • @zeljkoobradovic3445
      @zeljkoobradovic3445 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@upandatom oh i forgot to mention that i did subscribe obviosly! Great content and intresting topics! Love your work!

  • @michaelharmon4110
    @michaelharmon4110 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    on the 2nd riddle at the end when you ask the knave if he was a knight he said no, but as a knave lie and say yes

    • @stromboli183
      @stromboli183 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Michael Harmon You didn’t ask him if he is a knight. You ask him if you would ask him if he’s a knight, what would he answer. Note that this is a subtle difference. If the first person would answer directly instead of whispering, here’s how a conversation would go if he’s a knave:
      You: if I would ask you if you’re a knight, what would you answer?
      Knave: No.
      You: Are you a knight?
      Knave: Yes.
      See how in the first question (which is actually two questions nested in one) the person would lie about the lie he we would tell about being a knight.

    • @Oncampus2k
      @Oncampus2k 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I had to watch it a few times to get the difference. I finally worked it out by re-wording what each question is ultimately trying to answer. Question 1: Identify yourself, Knight or Knave. Question 2: Identify the answer to the question “Are you a Knight”, Yes? Or No?

  • @purbeshmitra9704
    @purbeshmitra9704 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Loved the video. I tried solving all the 3 problems. In the middle one, I got stuck for some time. Then I solved it using boolean logic (like considering Knight as 1, Knave as 0 and the answer YES as 1, NO as 0 and then questioning someone if the answer is YES is XNOR operation). It was fun. Will be waiting for your next video :)

  • @amateurcameraman
    @amateurcameraman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love the videos.
    Thanks for posting them.
    My 10 year old has come up with an innocent solution to this riddle, which is to just ask a simple question to an islander "what is 2+2?" lol

    • @MatSmithLondon
      @MatSmithLondon 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Billy whispers his answer to Bob, and you have to ask Bob what Billy said. Sadly it makes no difference what question ask Billy!

  • @harsharora9651
    @harsharora9651 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The 3rd one was really good as l learnt something new. Thanx Jade

  • @ZMacZ
    @ZMacZ ปีที่แล้ว +1

    9:07 The first one being a knave would say "yes" since the truth is "no"".
    This goes for any case where a knave is asked "Are you a knight", but
    you can check that if you have both a knight and a knave.
    You ask the first one "are you both knights", and he then must whisper in your ear.
    Then you ask the second "are you both knights", and he then must whisper in ur ear as well.
    Th one that says "yes" is the knave, for the answer is "no"

  • @ariusmaximilian8291
    @ariusmaximilian8291 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really enjoy watching your videos
    Plz make more riddle videos
    Thank you

  • @BabelRedeemed
    @BabelRedeemed 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The third riddle reminded me of the challenge "Sum the integers from 1 to 100" in that pairing the ends of each series makes the question clearer.

  • @shoaibsh2872
    @shoaibsh2872 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    YESSSS!!!! Definitely want more videos like this. It was an awesome video .

  • @SophsNotes
    @SophsNotes 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This made me miss the Professor Layton games I used to play on the DS, with the riddles. Great stuff, really enjoyed pushing my brain!

  • @akshithsagar3765
    @akshithsagar3765 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your videos. Also keep doing videos like this once in a while.

  • @xmateosx
    @xmateosx 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I loved this sooo much!

  • @subhasish-m
    @subhasish-m 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That was fun! I saw the third one immediately by going back and forth between the first and the last ones so that one was pretty cool! The first one was easy to solve your way through, but the way you asked the question in the second one threw me at first. Amazing video, I learned a bit about logic.

    • @ericknyevz3840
      @ericknyevz3840 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Subhasish Mukherjee Funny considering the third one was wrong. Actually only one is a knight. Because only one can have the right answer. Yet they all had different answers. Meaning one knight because 5 knights would have all answered the question the same. In order to tell the truth.

    • @edumazieri
      @edumazieri ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ericknyevz3840 they didnt say an exact number, they all said ***at least*** X, so that allows for up to X to be telling the truth.
      its definitely the easier one since once you eliminate the possibility that all 10 are knaves or knights, the only logical solution would be half/half.

    • @Pingwn
      @Pingwn ปีที่แล้ว

      If they said "only X of us are knaves" that would be true, and the ninth person would be right - only one answer can be right since they all require different numbers of knaves. It cannot be the last one since they cannot be a knight if all of them are knaves, but if the ninth person is a knight so there are nine knaves just like they said, meaning this is the only answer that can work.
      This is also not the actual answer as they said "at least X of us", which the comment above me already said, but ai wanted to experiment to see "what if?" Although it was even easier, it was nice.

  • @donnie9886
    @donnie9886 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    LOVE THIS VIDEO SOOO MUCH!!

  • @nidhi4079
    @nidhi4079 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This actually broadened my thought process!!

  • @PhrontDoor
    @PhrontDoor 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Excellent books for these kinds are the famous Raymond Smullyan books like :
    What Is the Name of This Book? The Riddle of Dracula and Other Logical Puzzles
    The Lady or the Tiger?
    To Mock a Mockingbird...
    and so on.. he does a LOT of knave-knight puzzles.

    • @IvanToshkov
      @IvanToshkov หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Amazing books! If I remember correctly he even proves Goedel's theorems using similar stuff.

  • @vanillesosse
    @vanillesosse 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey I chose the exact same approaches on the first two like you did :D Except I imagined the second one representing knights as multiplying with +1 and knaves as multiplying with -1 so the result would be (+1)^5*(-1)^5=-1 which is basically the same like you did. The last one then was just iterating until no conflict :)
    Cheers to your channel, very cool videos!

  • @chadjensenster
    @chadjensenster 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Super simple explanation for the second one. Anytime you have 2 options and there is something that flips the options (knave lying) the the odd number will always be the wrong answer and the even will always be the right answer. Best analogy I can think of is gears. One gear will turn counter clockwise, two gears will result in a clockwise rotation, three gears will result in a counter clockwise output, etc. Any situation will follow that pattern, odd is unchanged even is changed.

  • @matthewgough9533
    @matthewgough9533 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Up and Atom covers such a broad range of topics. I love it.

  • @Logical-Sense
    @Logical-Sense 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes, more of problem solving videos. I'm sure many people do want to watch such brain teasing stuff presented in an interesting manner

  • @roosah6749
    @roosah6749 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You've the coolest videos in TH-cam related to the scientific stuff presented in the coolest ways possible! I'm pretty sure that I am the biggest fan of your channel! I remember you have a book on algorithms applied to real life scenarios, could you please make a video about some of the cooler algorithms in the book?
    Forever a fan! Thanks for the awesome work.

    • @upandatom
      @upandatom  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      sure coming up!

  • @Hendriknetherlands
    @Hendriknetherlands 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love it, going to watch it tomorrow, sober :-).

  • @D4V1DC00L
    @D4V1DC00L 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Enjoyed watching your videos

  • @dimaratosgeorgiadis2672
    @dimaratosgeorgiadis2672 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    In the second problem i found first that the second persons input was no but i didnt get the first question and ended up in a russels paradox

  • @ThiagoSilva-ge2hi
    @ThiagoSilva-ge2hi 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very good riddles. I liked a lot.

  • @EldadIsraeli
    @EldadIsraeli 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey, I really liked the video!
    Generally I did came up with the first step or two of each riddle, but since I'm watching these in my comfort zone, i.e. Bed, couch ect..
    I'd prefer a noo need to write down kind of riddle..
    Maybe it's just me..
    I do miss more of your modern physics vids, I'm actually an engineering student, but you bring a bright perspective to it.. Love it ^^
    Keep up with the goodies :)

  • @teknostatik1055
    @teknostatik1055 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Jade... there seems to be a problem here at 8:01 -- If you ask a knave if they're a knight they will also answer "yes". So the question of "Are you a knight" returns "yes" in both scenarios.

  • @animistchannel2983
    @animistchannel2983 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the episode; those were fun games!

  • @jazerlights8870
    @jazerlights8870 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    love your channel!

  • @dustincousins
    @dustincousins 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So Fun! My thought process on the last one differed, focusing only on the 5th and 6th islanders, but was still valid. Thanks so much for this video and your channel :)

    • @dustincousins
      @dustincousins 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@physicslover4951 umm... ? I don't understand the point of this comment.

    • @physicslover4951
      @physicslover4951 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dustincousins Nvm :/

    • @dustincousins
      @dustincousins 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@physicslover4951 hope I didn't offend. I really didn't get it. I don't understand many social cues. Cheers!

    • @physicslover4951
      @physicslover4951 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dustincousins I wasn't offended. Even I felt kinda weird re-reading my reply. Sometimes I do things that are meaningless, it's nothing new...

  • @universalparadox4144
    @universalparadox4144 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your videos! Better than coffee to wake up the brain!

  • @Jamiree7
    @Jamiree7 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    i fumbled the first one, but once it was explained, i got the second 2! great vid

  • @debopamsil6965
    @debopamsil6965 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice work Jade

  • @lietpi
    @lietpi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The first one was easy; I used logic tables to solve the second (EXOR and EXNOR), and I proceeded linearly from the first guy in the third(rather than oscillating between the last and first). Anyway, I love this!
    For the last one, however, I initially correctly guessed 5, due to the symmetry involved.

  • @52flyingbicycles
    @52flyingbicycles 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I got em all! I usually don’t like pausing to solve on videos like this, but I tried this time and got them.

  • @amphibiousone7972
    @amphibiousone7972 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good old classics. Great Video keep doing your thing. Nice intro to problem solving. As always Thank You. I send young minds to you, because I know you are a great bigger sister type, and my fellows in here seem to be conscientious and respectful . Great room for exploation. 😄Thanks to everyone!

  • @lex33122
    @lex33122 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love it! Bring it on!

  • @teddyduncan1046
    @teddyduncan1046 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Only been following for a week but I fell in love with it during the first video.

  • @fairy6818
    @fairy6818 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice video to start my first day back to school.

  • @evilpandakillabzonattkoccu4879
    @evilpandakillabzonattkoccu4879 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    dang....only got the last one.....but, that means that I learned from your lesson, which was the entire point! Thank you to you and your crew for your excellent work!

  • @Voteouttheriffraff
    @Voteouttheriffraff 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just like listening to Jade's voice. I tuned out that knight/knave stuff at around the 0:45 mark.

  • @felixmervamee7834
    @felixmervamee7834 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    So glad I picked this video to wake up to before a test!

  • @NeilCrabbe
    @NeilCrabbe 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great fun, I enjoyed that. Apart from misspelling propagate.

  • @kjbunnyboiler
    @kjbunnyboiler ปีที่แล้ว

    My head hurts but I’ll suffer it if Jade’s teaching me ❤❤

  • @MCMLXIX
    @MCMLXIX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think there was a mistake at 8.12 asking a knave " if I asked if you were a knight" would not give starting answer..... no

  • @HenilPatel89
    @HenilPatel89 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did you draw everything yourself that is in your video? Your videos are impressive. Thanks for making them.

  • @briankelly1240
    @briankelly1240 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fun problem set!

  • @Boyspillai
    @Boyspillai 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think the crux of the problems(1 and 2) is this: how do you know if a person is a Knight or Knave? ... You ask the person - What would you answer, if I ask you, if you are a Knight? ... If the answer is Yes, he is indeed a Knight. If the answer is No then he is Knave(because the question asked has two sub-questions and a Knave would flip the answer twice before answering. And so the final answer what he gives is always correct!). So, when you know what answer(yes or no) the person gives then you know what type he is. The remaining puzzle is all about finding that answer. Anyways, enjoyed this video.
    PS: I was just wondering how difficult it would be to solve had the islanders know why they were getting those questions. Had they know that it was to find out the truth, then the Knaves would probably alter their answers (Byzantine problems)!

  • @aspiringcloudexpert5127
    @aspiringcloudexpert5127 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The cute and funny animation always makes me smile.

  • @GMPStudios
    @GMPStudios 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    4th riddle: You find 2 caves in front of which are 2 people. All you know is that one is a knight and one is a knave. You also know that one cave leads you safely out and the other is a dangerous cave with no way out. You are allowed to ask only one guy only one question. If you try to ask for the second, the knave will kill you. What will you ask to find out the safe passage?

  • @lexirxse
    @lexirxse 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Had an interesting think about the third riddle; it works for an even number of people but becomes paradoxical if you try to solve it for an odd number.
    Take a simplified case of 3 islanders:
    1: At least one of us is a knave.
    2: At least two of us are knaves.
    3: At least three of us are knaves.
    Using the video logic, we can conclude the first should be a knight, and the third a knave. However, looking at the middle islander:
    If they were a knave, then there are two knaves, so the statement becomes true, which is impossible for a knave.
    If they were a knight, then there is only one knave, so the statement is false, which is impossible for a knight.
    They're stuck in some paradoxical quantum knight/knave state where the only answer is that they're probably some dude who doesn't belong on the island to start with.

  • @SachinChauhan-ch6el
    @SachinChauhan-ch6el 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    lOVE YOUR VIDEOS JADE :)

  • @georgeindestructible
    @georgeindestructible 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved the video! :D

  • @literallythemoon3011
    @literallythemoon3011 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    watching this when first waking up is a bad idea, now I know how my PC feels when I do too much at once.

  • @hanks.9833
    @hanks.9833 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    You can count on knives to make a sandwich.

  • @AndyMossMetta
    @AndyMossMetta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The 'Two Doors To Freedom' principle is another interesting one. It also uses the liar/truth teller approach. It can be used by the magician as a methodology to narrow down from four variables to the one with three questions or from three variables to one with just two questions. Works 100% unlike the 'Monty Hall' paradox.

    • @edumazieri
      @edumazieri ปีที่แล้ว +3

      thanks for pointing that one out, its also fun. but the monty hall problem isnt a paradox its just a statistical problem.

  • @astroboy6608
    @astroboy6608 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Took me a minute but I solved each one - and pretty much the same way you did too!

  • @keerthanajaishankar1883
    @keerthanajaishankar1883 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loooved this😍

  • @suyashrewale494
    @suyashrewale494 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    love your videos

  • @diviyanathshanmuganathan5685
    @diviyanathshanmuganathan5685 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    If anyone is finding hard to grasp the last soution. Take the first half of the statements and compare to the 2nd half. Only one of the halves can be true. For example, if the 5th person is correct the sixth person is a knave. Jade's explanation is a bit more comprehensive and can be used to specifically identify which half contain knaves.

  • @poopsie2
    @poopsie2 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Omg! This is so amazing.

  • @UHDStudio
    @UHDStudio 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really love this video. Made me think very hard .... 😃

  • @AshokKumar-vz9lj
    @AshokKumar-vz9lj 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have given my strong response Jade keep the good work☺️👍

  • @primeobjective5469
    @primeobjective5469 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Ok everyone, I got 0/3.
    How did everybody else do?

    • @raykent3211
      @raykent3211 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same. I immediately thought of parity checking, but couldn't make any connection.

    • @christianmorales8978
      @christianmorales8978 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      2/3

    • @Haannibal777
      @Haannibal777 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The more important question is are you a knight or a knave?

    • @azuarc
      @azuarc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      3 for 3, np

    • @Bedinsis
      @Bedinsis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I misunderstood the first question of the first problem as the islander being asked of his own status, and hence got it all wrong.
      In the second problem I realized that knaves would alternate the answer and knights would propagate the answer, but interpreted the question asked to the first guy as always giving the same answer no matter their status.
      The third problem I got right.

  • @user-ng3eh8nw3x
    @user-ng3eh8nw3x 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I loved it !

  • @legendhero-eu1lc
    @legendhero-eu1lc 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the video! All of you friends are super awesome! Oh, moments in this video are sad.

  • @DMSG1981
    @DMSG1981 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    What helps me a lot with problem solving is to reduce the problem, e.g. 2nd problem:
    1) You identified that knights always prpagate the answer. So the original scenario is equivalent to a scenario of one dude followed by 5 knaves, since we can remove all the knights without changing the outcome.
    2) You also identified that knaves flip the answer. Flipping the answer twice gives you the original answer, so you can remove pairs of knaves without affecting the outcome. Hence the original scenario is equivalent to a scenario with one dude followed by one knave.
    3) Because we know the knave flips the answer, the original problem can be reduced to a problem where there's only the one dude, and he answers "no". And that's a much more digestable problem size ;-)

  • @CarbonRollerCaco
    @CarbonRollerCaco ปีที่แล้ว

    Another way to solve the first problem is to reduce it to one question: "Would Billy call you a knave?". We never hear the answer to any question directly about Bob, so it makes the most sense to solve the problem starting from what Billy could be. If he were a knight, he'd tell the truth, so if he said "yes" Bob would be a knave and claim Billy would say "no", and if Billy said "no", Bob would be a knight and be truthful about what Billy said, and vice versa if Billy were a knave.
    And I figured the first guy in the last problem was a knight right off the bat because if they were a knave, it'd verify their own claim. That leads to the problem being solvable from the opposite end.

  • @dbmail545
    @dbmail545 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I will have to watch this again and again to catch up

  • @Misteribel
    @Misteribel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I know the first riddle like this: you want to travel to the land of the Knights. There's a crossing, guarded by two people. One direction is to certain death (Knave Land), the other to the Knight's Land. You know the two either always lie, or always tell the truth. What question do you have to ask to get the proper direction to the Land of Knights? (you get one chance, your life depends on it!)

  • @devankshrimal6383
    @devankshrimal6383 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another way to solve last one:
    Assume there are (x) number of knaves therefore (10-x) number of knights
    From person 1 to (x) all are saying truth therefore they must be knights so (x)=10-(x)
    therefore (x)=5

  • @jaredbredenhof9185
    @jaredbredenhof9185 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I thought the last one was easy until in the explanation I realized they said AT LEAST. I took it as definite.

  • @joedempseysr.3376
    @joedempseysr.3376 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In the second scenario, when you ask the first person, "Are you a Knight?", his answer will always be "Yes.". If he's a Knight, he will be truthful and say "Yes.". If he is a Knave, he will lie and say "Yes.". But you said that the Knave would say "No."!

    • @RoderickEtheria
      @RoderickEtheria 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      she didn't ask the question "Are you a knight?" She asked the approximate question "Would you say you were a knight?" This forces the knave to lie about what they would say, not about whether they are a knight.

  • @echadmiyodea
    @echadmiyodea 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Truth Table". I love them. This is what Vulcans do in preschool.

  • @Toastmaster_5000
    @Toastmaster_5000 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another approach to the last one is to remove "at least" from each person's statements. So it'd be "one of us is a knave", "two of us are knaves" and so on. From there there is also an answer:
    As you go through the list, each of them would have a contradictory statement, except person #9. She is the sole knight, and her statement could be paraphrased as "everyone but me is a knave". This doesn't work for anyone else.

  • @lechurrajo
    @lechurrajo 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    In the last problem, if the line has an odd number of people, the middle person ends up in a "this is statement is false" sort of state

  • @cmilkau
    @cmilkau 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used a different technique for the last riddle. I asked myself: what if exactly x of them were knaves? (I also started with x=10 like you did). You quickly realize that when there are exactly x knaves, then also exactly x of the statements are true. So there must also be x knights. This can only happen if the first five are knights and the last five are knaves.
    This example neatly shows the power of giving unknowns a name.

  • @ann_onn
    @ann_onn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    *@Up and Atom* Hey. Perhaps you can do a thing about "Does a rocket work in a vacuum?" Yes... I know it's a bit of a basic stupid misunderstanding, but it seems common. And yes, it's mostly a flat-Earth nonsense. Still, it'd be nice to be able to link to a clear, unequivocal video about it, rather than repeating myself 1000 times. Just a suggestion. If you do it, I recommend
    a) Avoid assumptions and maths, as much as possible. We're dealing with FE here.
    b) Stick to "every action has a reaction", maybe even demo it, squirt a fire extinguisher sitting on an office char?
    c) Maybe mention firing a gun. FE mostly like guns, and mostly kinda understand "recoil" is a thing.
    d) Mention oxygen, and why rockets go to so much trouble to take some. Otherwise they'll claim guns won't work.
    d) Maybe a diagram of expanding gas in an enclosure, then an open end. Show how it can push on the left/right equally, cancelling out; but with a hole in the "bottom", the force up onto the top doesn't balance out.
    Eh, apols if this is not 100% relevant to your type of videos, but personally I think it's something that would be helpful and popular. FWIW, YMMV, and many more TLA and ETLA. And hey, this was more maths than physics. I will refrain from mentioning xkcd number 435. Oops ;-)
    Cheers my dears. Love your enthusiasm.