If youre mathematically inclined, think the correct door is +1 and the incorrect door is -1. The one who tells the truth is +1, and the one who lies is -1. When you look at them, all you see is absolute value of 1, and you dont know if its positive or negative. By asking the question to 1 of them about how the other would answer, youre now ensuring you have 1 truth and 1 lie. A +1 and a -1. Now your question is multiplying -1 and +1, and it doesnt matter if you +1 x -1 or -1 x +1 because transitive property, you always get -1… or the door that is incorrect.
Hey Shakira on the left which door would Shakira on the right say leads to freedom?
You didn’t specify whose left, we’re doomed
The one on the left doesn’t lie.
But i never understand this riddle or why the solution-question works. Me no smart.
Other than diagramming, the simple answer is that by asking what the other would say, you’re basically asking one to ask the other.
Because the answer is “passing through” both when you ask, it’s negated once (by the one liar), regardless of who is “answering” first.
That’s a nice intuitive explanation!
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If youre mathematically inclined, think the correct door is +1 and the incorrect door is -1. The one who tells the truth is +1, and the one who lies is -1. When you look at them, all you see is absolute value of 1, and you dont know if its positive or negative. By asking the question to 1 of them about how the other would answer, youre now ensuring you have 1 truth and 1 lie. A +1 and a -1. Now your question is multiplying -1 and +1, and it doesnt matter if you +1 x -1 or -1 x +1 because transitive property, you always get -1… or the door that is incorrect.
So you have to ask Shakera the right question? What would the other door say leads to freedom?
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Oh, this…allows you to find the right door with a single question?
Yes, and you then do the opposite of what whichever Shakira you asked says.