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Life or Death (Posted on 2003-06-29)

You've been sentenced to death in an obscure foreign country which has a strange law. Before the sentence is carried out, two papers -- one with "LIFE" written on it and one with "DEATH" written on it -- are folded up and placed in a hat. You are permitted to pick out one of the papers (without looking), and if you choose the one with "LIFE" written on it, you are set free. Otherwise, the death sentence is carried out. But someone has substituted the paper with "LIFE" written on it with another one with "DEATH" written on it. You are informed by this person of what he has done and that you are doomed to die. You are not permitted to speak to anyone about this misdeed, nor will you have a chance to switch the papers yourself in time.

How will you avoid death?

See The Solution Submitted by luvya

Rating: 3.1111 (18 votes)

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Thoughts	K Sengupta	2023-07-02 23:15:39
This should be in Famous Riddles	Jak Dakars	2005-06-19 20:25:21
re: absurdity (why are you so absurd, Dan?)	np_rt	2005-03-27 18:53:15
absurdity	dan	2005-03-27 13:00:20
ansi	varadarajan	2005-03-17 11:44:47
guess	whome?	2005-01-27 19:14:05
I wonder	RandyOrton	2004-10-22 17:09:46
my first try at these puzzles	araya	2004-06-29 21:02:12
The BIG hat	ratsnstuff	2003-10-13 06:49:27
solution	Wayne	2003-09-22 18:07:55
escape cleverly	rola	2003-09-19 05:53:09
Simple I guess	Kumanan	2003-09-13 03:21:55
Trick the prisoner	sam	2003-09-08 13:45:33
Solution	Lawrence	2003-08-24 12:40:47
re: 'shaky' response	TheGreatOne	2003-08-18 15:35:53
re(2): Common solution	Joe	2003-07-19 19:04:29
Life or Death	Jason	2003-07-04 04:42:22
easy..	qw	2003-07-03 19:13:29
Not so Hard	Eric	2003-07-03 15:28:08
pretty simple..	Koren	2003-07-03 15:16:53
re: Oh, Its not that hard!	amy	2003-07-02 16:16:10
Oh, Its not that hard!	Esem	2003-07-02 14:29:16
re(2): Common solution	Sanjay	2003-07-02 09:08:41
re: My Solution	Sanjay	2003-07-02 08:39:38
avoiding death	amy	2003-07-02 08:04:48
'shaky' response	Jim C	2003-07-01 08:02:01
re: Common solution	Jessi	2003-07-01 03:16:39
My Solution	rajesh	2003-06-30 23:46:35
re: Common solution	gordo packard	2003-06-30 23:21:06
re(3): Common solution	Rob	2003-06-29 20:10:24
re(2): Common solution	Gamer	2003-06-29 07:52:45
re: Common solution	Sanjay	2003-06-29 07:25:53
Common solution	Gamer	2003-06-29 03:27:23

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