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If you died today...?
...and in the afterlife appeared at the front of two identical unmarked doors in a huge wall you can't get around any other way. One door leads to heaven and other to hell, but you don't know which. There is one set of twins standing close together, one is a constant liar, the other is a truth teller, but you don't know who is which. You got one chance to answer one question directed at both of them, and one chance to open one door. What would your question be that both of them would point you to correct door to heaven?
Correction 4th sentence should read:
You got one chance to ASK one question directed at both of them, and only one chance to open one door or go directly to hell.
28 Answers
- HyperDogLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
That's an old one - you ask one of the twins "How would the other twin answer 'Which door goes to Heaven"?" No matter what his answer, you choose the opposite door.
Think about it - if you ask the truth teller, he'll tell you the liar's answer, which will be Hell. If you ask the liar, he'll lie and tell you to choose Hell. So in both cases, you choose the opposite answer.
- Rob PLv 61 decade ago
Well, what an interesting game. Since you say one is a constant liar (let me guess which door he's guarding... hmmm?) and the other is a truth teller. If you just wanted to determine which one tells the truth and which lies, you would ask: "If I were to ask the other twin whether you always tell the truth, what would he say?" A reply of "no" means you are talking to the truth teller, a reply of "yes" means you are talking to the liar. So since you only have one question to select the right door, you would have to ask both at the same time "If I were to ask the other twin, which door would he say leads to heaven?"
You would then select the door opposite to the one he picked.
Blessings
- Anonymous1 decade ago
A question that I know the answer to. Like:
1) What's my name?
2) What's my birth-date?
3) Who are my biological parents?
4) What color am I wearing?
Why? Because the constant liar, lies, and the other one tells the truth. So I'll obviously know which one is which.
(This is assuming that the liar is standing closer to the door of Hell and the truth-teller is standing closer to the door of Heaven).
- 2kool4uLv 51 decade ago
That's an old one.
The correct question is:
"What would the other guy tell me if I asked the question, 'which is the door to heaven'?"
The guy that tells the truth will point to door B (the door to hell) because that is the one the liar will point to. The liar always lies, so he will point to door B, since it is the wrong answer.
So you go through door A.
(When you get through door A, you find that heaven is full of honest atheists. People who make the wrong choice and go through door B, find the hell is full of self-righteous fundamentalists. And the reason is, that while God loves honesty, he hates self-righteousness.)
- CaseyLv 61 decade ago
>>> Can you both tell me how I can get to heaven ? The one that said, your sins have to be covered by the blood of Jesus, for He is Lord. If that is what they answered, that would be the door I went through. The other twin would be a liar !! ++++
Source(s): Forgiven - 1 decade ago
Open the first door, look what is behind it and if it's not heaven, take the second door?
- Anonymous1 decade ago
You ask either one, "If I asked your twin, which door to take, what would he tell me?
The answer is the door to hell.
- green meklarLv 71 decade ago
'Would the other guy say that door leads to Heaven?'
If he says yes, then I take the other door. If he says no, I take that door.
- pencilnbrushLv 61 decade ago
id start beating them both down until they both had the same answer... that is if i believed in heaven or hell