You receive a strange letter stating the following:

You are one of 20 logicians worldwide to receive this letter. You don't know each other, but you all think alike. An address is given, and you are told that if a letter is received from one and only one of you, all 20 will equally split a large sum of money. If no letters are received, or more than one, no prize.

What would you to for a chance of winning the prize? What could you do in order to maximise the probability of winning?

since all 20 logicians are recieving this letter
money can be got if only one tells the truth of getting the letter & all others should lie.But since all think alike,if one thinks of this idea
then all think the same & all tell the truth or
all lie.so there is no chance of the reader(me)
of getting the money.

Posted by ananth on 2002-12-22 19:08:21