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There are people and strange monkeys on this island, and you can not tell who is who.........................

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There are people and strange monkeys on this island, and you can not tell who is who. They speak either only the truth or only lies.
Who are the following two guys?
A: B is a lying monkey. I am human.
B: A is telling the truth.

posted Oct 21, 2014 by Madhavi Latha

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Both are humans. One is a liar

answer May 5, 2015 by Ben Gichuhi
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Both are liars; if A was to tell the truth by saying that B is a lying monkey, B would deny it if he was actually lying, but he says that A is telling the truth, and if that was the truth, then B is in fact a lying monkey. However, since both liars and the people who tell the truth will not really admit that they are a monkey, and if B was really a lying monkey, then he should be lying about another statement, which is the "I am a human" part, so A is a liar.

answer Dec 7, 2016 by anonymous



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