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alien2
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The bed paradox
« on: Sep 18th, 2016, 1:13pm » |
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There is a bed in both bedrooms. Yet in the same house there is just one bed. How can this be?
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There is a bed in each bedroom. Yet in the same house there is just one bed. How can this be?
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dudiobugtron
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Re: The bed paradox
« Reply #1 on: Sep 18th, 2016, 3:45pm » |
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Because there is just one bedroom.
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alien2
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Re: The bed paradox
« Reply #2 on: Sep 19th, 2016, 2:09am » |
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The wording is bad but I'm not Michael Jackson. I wanted to say that there are two bedrooms.
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rloginunix
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Re: The bed paradox
« Reply #3 on: Sep 19th, 2016, 7:19am » |
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The bed is an intersection of two sets: it belongs to two bedrooms simultaneously.
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alien2
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Re: The bed paradox
« Reply #5 on: Sep 19th, 2016, 8:52am » |
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Nice try both but I was thinking that there is one house only with one bed in one bedroom.
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dudiobugtron
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Re: The bed paradox
« Reply #6 on: Sep 21st, 2016, 2:41am » |
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Just to clarify - there are two bedrooms in this house, and each bedroom has its own bed, and the bed is not in both bedrooms at the same time (like in the doorway between them or something) - and yet there is just one bed in this house?
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alien2
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Re: The bed paradox
« Reply #7 on: Sep 21st, 2016, 3:30am » |
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on Sep 21st, 2016, 2:41am, dudiobugtron wrote:| (...) and each bedroom has its own bed (...) |
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I'd say yes and no. Trickery is involved. I can't say more otherwise I'll give away too much or solve myself this strange riddle.
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Re: The bed paradox
« Reply #8 on: Sep 21st, 2016, 6:26am » |
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A bed in one bedroom is a mirror reflection ...
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Re: The bed paradox
« Reply #9 on: Sep 21st, 2016, 6:44am » |
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Huh. I had something else in mind.
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dudiobugtron
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Re: The bed paradox
« Reply #10 on: Sep 21st, 2016, 5:55pm » |
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Are there two houses?
Or perhaps the bed is moved around between the two rooms depending on when it is needed.
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Re: The bed paradox
« Reply #11 on: Sep 22nd, 2016, 1:22am » |
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It is not being moved around. Just lie in bed, get a good night sleep, just as soon as you solve the riddle. Have you served in the army or you're married? Is there a difference?
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dudiobugtron
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Re: The bed paradox
« Reply #12 on: Sep 22nd, 2016, 5:30am » |
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Is one of the bedrooms outside the house?
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alien2
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Re: The bed paradox
« Reply #13 on: Sep 22nd, 2016, 7:20am » |
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Your guess is as cold as Frost Giants from Jotunheim.
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rloginunix
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Re: The bed paradox
« Reply #14 on: Sep 22nd, 2016, 7:41am » |
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Bunk bed
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Re: The bed paradox
« Reply #15 on: Sep 22nd, 2016, 7:48am » |
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Nope. Nice try though.
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Re: The bed paradox
« Reply #16 on: Sep 22nd, 2016, 10:11am » |
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In the house there is a bedroom.
In the bedroom there is a puppet house.
In the puppet house there is a puppet bedroom.
In the puppet bedroom there is a puppet bed.
Nitpick: without a real bed, is it still a bedroom?
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Re: The bed paradox
« Reply #17 on: Sep 22nd, 2016, 10:51am » |
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Another nice try. Not good enough though.
Perhaps the riddle should've sounded like this: Prove that every bedroom has a bed. Does this help?
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dudiobugtron
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Re: The bed paradox
« Reply #18 on: Sep 22nd, 2016, 12:37pm » |
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If the answer is: Each bedroom has the word 'bed' in it, but only one bedroom has a physical bed, then yes it helps a lot! 
Although that would still fall afoul of this query:
on Sep 22nd, 2016, 10:11am, Grimbal wrote:Nitpick: without a real bed, is it still a bedroom?
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Re: The bed paradox
« Reply #19 on: Sep 22nd, 2016, 1:02pm » |
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If that were a problem how could anyone ever buy/sell a K-bedroom apartment/house. Apartments/houses are usually sold empty.
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alien2
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Re: The bed paradox
« Reply #20 on: Sep 24th, 2016, 10:43am » |
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Dudiobugtron's answer is the right one.
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