Can you solve the three gods riddle? - Alex Gendler
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You and your team have crash-landed on an ancient planet. Can you appease the three alien overlords who rule it and get your team safely home? Created by logician Raymond Smullyan, and popularized by his colleague George Boolos, this riddle has been called the hardest logic puzzle ever. Alex Gendler shows how to solve it.
How do we get around the problem of not knowing whether ‘ozo’ means yes or no?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Alex Gendler
- Director Outis
- Associate Producer Jessica Ruby
- Content Producer Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Narrator Addison Anderson
