Can you solve the troll’s paradox riddle? - Dan Finkel
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You and your brother have discovered another realm and set off exploring the new wonderful world. Along the way, you see a troll catching creatures in an enormous net. The troll agrees to release the creatures if you can come up with a statement that is both truth and false. Can you come up with the correct sentence and force the troll to release them? Dan Finkel shows how.
Explain how the five-word response to the troll leads it to release all its prisoners.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Daniel Finkel
- Director Igor Coric, Nemanja Petrovic
- Narrator Addison Anderson
- Producer Milica Lapcevic
- Content Producer Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Associate Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Fact-Checker Brian Gutierrez