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You are a traveler and stop in an inn to rest. While
you sit by the fire, you meet another traveler, who
introduces herself as Aeiea. You begin a pleasant
conversation, and exchange information about why you
are travelling. She says that she is travelling in
search of gold that her ancestors buried, and if you
come with her she will share it. You become excited
until she adds one more comment about herself. "Oh,
I do need to tell you one thing. I always lie."
Now you need to figure out two things:
1) Is Aeiea telling the truth or lying when she says
she always lies?
2) Can you trust her story?
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1) Aeiea is lying.
It's really fairly simple. If Aeiea is telling
the truth, that means that she does not ALWAYS
lie, because then the statement would be false.
It leaves that Aeiea must be lying when she says
that she always lies. A common misconception is
that if she is lying about always lying, that
means she must always tell the truth, and if that
were the case then neither case would be possible.
However, she doesn't have to ALWAYS tell the truth
if she's lying about always lying, she simply
has to tell the truth SOME of the time.
2) Taking into account the answer to number one,
you cannot trust her story, as she does lie some
of the time. Not to mention the fact that she
is obviously willing to lie to YOU.
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