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(Message started by: alien2 on Feb 26^th, 2017, 7:41am)

Title: Taken 2
Post by alien2 on Feb 26^th, 2017, 7:41am

A man wakes up on an alien flying saucer. He has no memory of this place. The silver cubical room he is in is empty. There is one closed door that leads to another room. He twists a door knob to open the door. At that moment, while the door is still shut, he hears no sound, yet he knows w/o a doubt that there will be a clock inside the room he is about to enter. But how?!

Title: Re: Taken 2
Post by towr on Feb 26^th, 2017, 7:44am

[hide]Glad window in the door?[/hide]

Title: Re: Taken 2
Post by alien2 on Feb 26^th, 2017, 7:56am

The way the riddle is worded I guess the answer is valid. Yet I am not THAT shallow. Am I?

No. Definitely not the answer I am looking for. [hide]It's an oak door w/o any glass.[/hide]

Title: Re: Taken 2
Post by dudiobugtron on Feb 26^th, 2017, 9:55am

[hide]He heard a sound of the clock ticking before twisting the door handle.[/hide]

Title: Re: Taken 2
Post by Grimbal on Feb 27^th, 2017, 12:23am

The door has a big label that says "clock repair workshop".

Or more seriously:
[hide]The man was sleepwalking. He was dreaming the flying saucer. In the dark he couldn't see much anyway. But when touching the familiar door knob he came back to his senses and he recognized his bedroom. Now he is awake and he knows there is a clock in the other room.[/hide]

Or simpler:
[hide]He is carrying a clock.[/hide]

Title: Re: Taken 2
Post by alien2 on Feb 27^th, 2017, 1:14am

on 02/27/17 at 00:23:21, Grimbal wrote:

Or simpler:
[hide]He is carrying a clock.[/hide]

Yes! Why complicate things?!

Title: Re: Taken 2
Post by Grimbal on Mar 1^st, 2017, 8:28am

Because the explanation that [hide]you are sleepwalking[/hide] is much more likely to be true than the explanation that [hide]you are in a flying saucer carrying a clock around (not a watch)[/hide].

So from a bayesian point of view the [hide]sleepwalking[/hide] explanation is the one you should bet on.

And then you are an alien, so who knows?

But still. Humans that pretend to be aliens are much more common on forums than actual aliens. So I would still bet on the first explanation.

Title: Re: Taken 2
Post by alien2 on Mar 1^st, 2017, 9:09am

Take a goodnight sleep. Recover your strength and see ya tomorrow.

Title: Re: Taken 2
Post by dudiobugtron on Mar 1^st, 2017, 10:36am

on 03/01/17 at 08:28:58, Grimbal wrote:

Humans that pretend to be aliens are much more common on forums than actual aliens.

I am interested to see the data to support the assertion. :)

Title: Re: Taken 2
Post by alien2 on Mar 2^nd, 2017, 4:28am

Yeah. You tell him dudiobugtron. And solve the Twenty-twenty riddle. Next he's going to say is that there ARE no aliens. I demand an apology!

Title: Re: Taken 2
Post by Grimbal on Mar 2^nd, 2017, 5:19am

Damn peer-review! We don't have these on alpha-centauri.