A Judge sentences a Prisoner to death. The Prisoner knows the Judge is a reasonable man, and vice versa. The Judge says that at ONE day in the upcoming week, the Prisoner is to be hanged, but it WILL be a surprise and he will not know WHICH day until the Executioner comes and takes him away.
The Prisoner reasons that the Execution cant happen on Saturday because if it hasnt happened by Friday, it will not be a surprise on Saturday. He then concludes that (since Saturday has been ruled out) the haging cannot happen on a Friday EITHER becuase if it hasnt happened by Thursday, Friday wont be a surprise. He continues this line of reasoning and concludes that the Hanging cannot happen
Wednesday morning the Executioner comes and hangs the Prisoner, despite his pleas and shouts of reason, why?
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The Prisoner reasons that the Execution cant happen on Saturday because if it hasnt happened by Friday, it will not be a surprise on Saturday. He then concludes that (since Saturday has been ruled out) the haging cannot happen on a Friday EITHER becuase if it hasnt happened by Thursday, Friday wont be a surprise. He continues this line of reasoning and concludes that the Hanging cannot happen
Wednesday morning the Executioner comes and hangs the Prisoner, despite his pleas and shouts of reason, why?
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