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Aliens (Posted on 2003-03-15) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Aliens have taken you aboard their ship. You will be asked to make a statement. If the statement is true you will be blasted into atoms. If it is false you will be ejected into space. One statement can get you out alive. What is it and how does it spare you?

  Submitted by ross jaenke    
Rating: 3.3333 (15 votes)
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By telling the aliens that they will eject you into space, you will effectively make them unable to do either and still conform to their rules.

If what you said is true and they plan to eject you, they would have to blast you - but then the statement is no longer true, and they have to eject you once again. It's a vicious circle.

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  Subject Author Date
Solutionre: Puzzle SolutionK Sengupta2022-12-11 02:54:31
SolutionPuzzle SolutionK Sengupta2007-08-20 12:54:07
Solution2 answersPaddy2005-12-21 07:27:50
StatementBryson2005-12-15 14:17:29
Some ThoughtsJust a guessFastJazzy2005-11-27 13:11:35
re: save ur skinjamison2005-10-22 12:48:13
Whee...Electricfur2005-09-09 01:06:37
SolutionJenny2005-06-21 07:57:20
They could...CJ2005-06-17 01:57:14
No SubjectNik2005-04-28 23:07:36
an answerParryHotter2005-02-17 05:03:57
Answer?Stephen S.2005-01-25 22:00:21
uhhhwhome?2005-01-23 20:03:57
AnswerKate2005-01-10 06:44:38
Some Thoughtsvery strange possibilityhumfoozneydannle2004-12-31 17:09:29
Not necessarilyJon2004-09-10 05:22:31
No SubjectGustavo2004-06-15 11:14:49
SolutionDoes it have to pertain to the aliens?Captain Paradox2004-01-04 12:00:10
to further what has been saidben2003-12-10 20:02:48
SolutionA nicer more universal solutionAndrei2003-10-24 19:27:33
would this work?snapp2003-08-20 14:17:55
say "u r gonna eject me into space"nav2003-08-09 10:28:21
weird 'dorkdork2003-07-29 12:26:52
solutionspinoza2003-05-04 01:38:09
SolutionChaz2003-05-03 08:32:16
weird answer for funJon2003-04-11 04:26:51
My Solutionnot_so_einstein2003-03-22 23:20:13
Some ThoughtsorrrDJ2003-03-20 08:55:37
yeahDJ2003-03-20 08:53:11
Ejected into spaceTim Axoy2003-03-18 01:43:52
Solutionthe answersilvis2003-03-17 15:21:35
SolutionMy SolutionEric2003-03-17 14:54:31
Live long, and prosperBryan2003-03-16 13:29:18
SolutionI know!HarRyluVa2003-03-16 07:17:44
SolutionAnother oneAlan2003-03-16 05:49:51
Some other possibilitiesfriedlinguini2003-03-16 05:43:30
No Subjectsarah2003-03-16 05:09:25
SolutionNo Subjectluvya20032003-03-16 03:08:53
Solutionsave ur skintauseef hussain2003-03-15 23:20:28
SolutionNot ReallyTomM2003-03-15 21:50:12
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