@Terence : I think this could be the best reason.... On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Terence <technic....@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think nobody dies on the first 19 days and everyone dies on the 20th > day. > (I have no difference with other green-eyes. Why I have to suicide ealier? > :< ) > > Given: a) there was at least one green-eyed among them, > we could get the following conclusions: > 1) If there is exactly 1 green-eye, he committed suicide on the first day. > > 2) If there is exactly 2 green-eye, they all committed suicide on the > second day. > ... > n) If there is exactly N green-eye, they all committed suicide on the N'th > day. > > 1) is obvious. (No one else he saw is green-eye) > For n), each of the N green-eyed persons saw (N-1) green-eye persons. > If there were only (N-1) green-eyed persons, they had committed suicide on > the (N-1) th day, according to the previous conclusion. > So no suicides on the first (N-1) days means there were more green-eyed > persons, ie. he is one of them. > Each of the N green-eyed persons realized this on the N'th day, and > commited suicide. > > > > On 2010-12-17 15:34, Iqbal Nouyed wrote: > > I think Aditya is correct, > > 1) it never says nobody dies on the first 19 days, just says by the 20th > day all the green eyed commit suicide. > 2) God said that, "He also assured them that there was at least one > green-eyed among them." > > > Cheers. > > > On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Krishna Narasimhan < > krishna.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Aditya, >> >> 1) Nobody dies on the first 19 days everyone dies on the 20th day. >> 2) Even if it wasnt the case, why should he die just because nobody else >> did? Is there any condition on THERE SHOULD BE ATLEAST ONE GREEN EYED GUY? >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Aditya Agrawal <adit6...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> 20 green eys ppl .. >>> At the end of first day person realize no body dies so he is the one with >>> green eye's so he commit sucide ... >>> Similarly on second day .. hence forth 20 people commit suicide in 20 >>> days .. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 11:05 AM, punnu <punnu.gino...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> In an ancient village, there were some green-eyed and blue-eyed >>>> persons. One fi ne day, >>>> God instructed them, "the day on which you come to know that you are a >>>> green-eyed, >>>> you should commit suicide ..." He also assured them that there was at >>>> least one green-eyed >>>> among them. Well, all the villagers were very intelligent and strict >>>> followers of >>>> God. But, no one knew color of his own eyes! They didn't have mirrors. >>>> They >>>> couldn't even communicate with each other. All that they could do is >>>> to see color >>>> of other's eyes. It happened that on 20th day, all the green-eyed >>>> people committed >>>> suicide. 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