Comment The 100 Monks (not easy) (Score 1) 1965
Once a traveler got into terrible weather and seeked shelter at a monastery with high walls and a heavy gate. He knocked, but no reaction. He tried and tried till finally he was granted access only under the condition, he would never talk to anybody nore stare into peoples faces and leave the monastery early the next day.
Well, Mr. Traveler was a stupid dumbass and while sitting at the table for supper, he asked loudly: "WHY DO AT LEAST TWO OF YOU HAVE SPOTS ON YOUR FOREHEAD?"
The 100 monks were not happy at all and one explained to him:
"We know that some of us might have spots on their forehead. That's the reason why we don't have mirrors here and don't speak a word. If we get to know to have a spot, we die the very next night." ...
42 days later, all the monks with spots die. How many are they?
(The monks see all others at supper every day and thus know if one is missing. They will not stop that habit now. Ignoring the facts or stop thinking does not help them. A monk either has a spot or not. They don't disapear.)
Well, Mr. Traveler was a stupid dumbass and while sitting at the table for supper, he asked loudly: "WHY DO AT LEAST TWO OF YOU HAVE SPOTS ON YOUR FOREHEAD?"
The 100 monks were not happy at all and one explained to him:
"We know that some of us might have spots on their forehead. That's the reason why we don't have mirrors here and don't speak a word. If we get to know to have a spot, we die the very next night."
42 days later, all the monks with spots die. How many are they?
(The monks see all others at supper every day and thus know if one is missing. They will not stop that habit now. Ignoring the facts or stop thinking does not help them. A monk either has a spot or not. They don't disapear.)
