Hangman

Hey!

Imagine a man is convicted of murder and is sentenced to death one Saturday. The judge states that the man will be hanged sometime the next week, but the date will be a surprise-- the man won't know what day he is hanged until the noon of that day.

When the prisoner returns to his cell, he is ecstatic. Think about it: it can't be on a Saturday, because it is the last day of the week that he could be hanged on and therefore not a surprise. And if it was on Friday, he could be sure it was that day because Saturday has already been ruled out and therefore makes Friday the last possible day. So on and so forth until no day can he be hanged.

However, on Thursday, he is informed that he will be hanged. This comes as a complete surprise to him, contrary to his logic.

Consider this carefully. Is it a true paradox?

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Sorry for the short post. I'll put up an answer sometime next week, along with another post. Honestly, it's been a bit hard to do the blog, mainly because I get one hour every day to use my computer-- including free time, a research project that I have to do, and the blog.

I'll get you next week!

Stay coolio,
John

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