Re: Need puzzle help: eye colour enigma

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From: David Weisberger
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 07:21

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THOMPSON  BENJAMIN RHINELANDER (thompson@spot.Colorado.EDU) wrote:
: In article <1993Jan19.035603.19176@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> bhayes@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Barry Hayes) writes:
: >In article <1993Jan19.143459.13275@waikato.ac.nz> deryl@waikato.ac.nz writes:
: >> [FAQ deleted]
: >
: >Once the guru has spoken, is there anything he or anyone else can say
: >or do that will stop the chain of events?
: >
: 
: 	If one blue-eyed person immidiately shouts "I see a blue-eyed
: person too!" doesn't that save everyone?
: 
: 
But the people don't know their own eye colors.  I suppose everyone could
yell it, then one blue-eyed person would be, but does that help?

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Davebo                    "Don't believe I'm taken in by stories I have heard.
                           I just read the Daily News and swear by every word."
djweisbe@unix.amherst.edu

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