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Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This is a self-referential paradox — a classic logic puzzle designed to be tricky. Let’s break it down:
Step-by-step analysis:
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How many choices? There are 4 possible answers, so if we pick one randomly, the chance of picking any specific one is 1 in 4 = 25%.
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How many answers say “25%”? Two.
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That means the probability of randomly choosing an answer that says “25%” is 2 in 4 = 50%.
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But if the correct answer is 50%, then only one option says “50%” — which is ©. So the probability of picking it at random is 1 in 4 = 25%, contradicting the idea that 50% is correct.
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If the correct answer is 25%, then two options say that — a and d. So the chance of picking one of those at random is 50%, not 25% — again a contradiction.
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Similarly, if 60% is correct (only one option), then the chance of picking it randomly is 25%, which again makes it incorrect.
Conclusion: Any choice leads to a contradiction. This is a self-referential paradox, meaning the question breaks logical consistency. There is no consistent correct answer.
Deepus@lemm.ee 1 day ago
…so like, which one you picking?
Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 1 day ago
E.
MrShankles@reddthat.com 1 day ago
I would think that if you truly pick at random, it’s still a 25% chance no matter how you cut it
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
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You had to show off, huh
yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
The comment - which isn’t edited - uses
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.Whatever client you use replaces/renders © [bracket c bracket] as ©.
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
Huh. I think it was just the web version of Lemmy. Weird choice by the Lemmy devs.
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
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RandomVideos@programming.dev 1 day ago
If you are picking at random, you wouldnt get to analyze and reach the conclusion that its 25%, meaning that the answer is 25%
Applejuicy@feddit.nl 1 day ago
Chatgpt ass answer lmao
KammicRelief@lemmy.world 1 day ago
haha yeah, I knew it at the “let’s break it down:”
I was like… I know this voice…
nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
The motivation to do so confuses me. There’s no karma to farm here.
Siegfried@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Why not? Here upvotes do the same as karma in reddit. Absolutely nothing.
smeg@feddit.uk 1 day ago
It’s still providing a correct explanation to people, I guess
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Got it right though
judgyweevil@feddit.it 1 day ago
The © gave it away
br3d@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That’s whatever browser or app you’re using. It rendered as © for me… Bracket, c, bracket
kautau@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Well, parenthesis, and parenthesis, but yes
neo2478@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
The em dash is a dead giveaway as well
ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I try to use em dashes when I can, but I think they’re used wrong in the comment above (IIRC they’re not supposed to be surrounded by spaces, but I could be wrong). What tips me off is the unambiguously “LLM” narrative voice and structure (“let’s break it down”, followed by an ordered list). Not that a human can’t type that, but sometimes it seems like ChatGPT is incapable of spitting out words in any other structure.
Reyali@lemm.ee 1 day ago
I used to use em dashes all the time and now I find myself rethinking my writing styles because of people like you and it’s obnoxious.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I use em dashes all the time, but I don’t put a space on either side—I feel like that’s not the correct way to use one. If it is, I don’t wanna be correct.
Vespair@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Y’all have got to stop this shit. Real people use real grammar.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Can’t tell if serious because entering ( c ) without the spaces is ©
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
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:O