Timeline for Definition of "Expected/Unexpected Event"
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| Jun 8, 2015 at 3:33 | comment | added | Manfred Weis | I think I will have to edit my question and state all my open questions with the hanging paradoxon, and there are some of them. | |
| Jun 8, 2015 at 3:11 | comment | added | Manfred Weis | What I also don't understand, is the common conclusion that the prisoner will be still alive if the hanging doesn't take place on Friday; if he had been hung on a previous day, he also would not be hung on Friday and thus could not witness a contradiction in the judge's prediction. | |
| Jun 8, 2015 at 3:05 | comment | added | Manfred Weis | Sorry for being picky, but in your answer you use the word "knowing"; am I correct that it means that it is impossible to determine the day of hanging logically, mathematically or algorithmically and, that mere guessing or the outcome of a random experiment (like flipping a coin) are not covered by knowing? Another open question is, how often the prisoner may state that he expects the hanging at noon time of the present day? | |
| Jun 7, 2015 at 13:45 | history | answered | Bjørn Kjos-Hanssen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |