The World's Hardest Riddle (Three Gods Riddle)

The World's Hardest Riddle (Three Gods Riddle)

This video walks you through the worlds hardest riddile. Are you smart enough to solve it?

You're stranded on an alien planet and come across three gods. They'll help you get home but first you need to call them by their names. Their names are Truth, Liar, and Random. You can ask them three 'yes' or 'no' questions to figure out who's who, but they'll respond in their native language with 'da' or 'va' (and you don't know which word means what).

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[kctncnh]

My issue on this is depending who you ask first, you surely reach a different solution applying the same logic. E.g. ask the god in the middle: if i were to ask you if the god to the right..." then you "know" postion 1 cannot be random.

Start with the God on furthest right, and ask "if i were to ask you if the god in position 1 is random..."
Youd conclude that the god in the middle cannot be random.

So we have god 1, 2, 3 cannot be randomdepending on your initial starting position/question...

Maybe i have that worng

[jfried]

This is the best explanation of the solution to this riddle I have ever seen. You know a riddle is tricky when the solution is hard to explain.

[rebeccahaber]

how does someone even come up with a riddle this confusing

[rockstar]

6:46 how exactly did you determine that the God on the right can't be random based off the first question?

[uchihamadara]

I watch this is in 2 am. Worst possible choice I've made since my brain is gone now.

[__]

"If I ask you whether you call tell truth from lie under any circumstances, would you answer Da?"
It's 2 different questions (Proper Nouns Vs. Concepts), in either case the anawer can be very subjective instead of factual. So it's 4 different perceptions and interpretations. As the Gods are aware of the complexity, they either have to go da-va forever or fix that thing to get further clarification.
(I beleive the ones designed the puzzle would hate me for that)

[ozgurocak]

when i first heard this riddle, i came up with the question to the god on the left: would the god in the middle say yes, if i ask him whether da means yes?
obviously this is a yes no question. however, if the god in the middle is a random god, the god on left wouldn't be able to say anything, since the answer is not certain yet. or the gods would know the future and still can know the answers of the random god before he actually answers them?

[j-kasumi]

I still don't get it. How can the afformentioned concept concerning truth and lie giving the same answer, even apply when you never ask the exact same question more than once?

[romanlee]

I’d focus on their non-verbal communication.

[togii]

I solved it 2h with knowledge of the answer

[reshireshi]

Well what if the person on the right is indeed the random? What would you do in that case?

[davidwallace]

I figured out another 2-question solution using another special question, and this solution is better than my last. This solution exploits the same 2 facts: 1. Nobody knows what Rand would say because he answers randomly, and 2. Both Truth or Liar cannot answer da or va if he doesn’t know the answer.

Let’s label the gods from left to right as A, B, and C.

The strategy is to find Rand first. Ask A, “If I asked him (pointing at B) if he were Truth, would he say da?” If A cannot answer da or va, then B must be Rand; A cannot answer if he does not know how B would answer. If you’re lucky in finding Rand right away, then ask C, “If I asked him (pointing at A) if he were Truth, would he say da?” If C answers da, then A is Liar and C is Truth, but if C answers va, then A is Truth and C is Liar.

If you were not so lucky to find Rand yet, then he’s either A or C. Ask B, “If I asked him (pointing at C) if he were Truth, would he say da?” If B cannot answer da or va, then C must be Rand and A’s prior answer is all you need. If A answered da, then A is Truth and B is Liar, but if A answered va, then A is Liar and B is Truth.

On the other hand, if B answers da or va, then A must be Rand. If B says da, then B is Truth and C is Liar. If B says va, then B is Liar and C is Truth.


What do you think?

[alanwang]

If you ask either of the truth / liar gods what the random god would answer to '2+2=4' question then they would have to stay silent. This can give a solution that includes which word is false and true.

TFR TRF FRT FTR RTF RFT
1 ask 1 what 2 would answer '2+2=4' f s s f f/t f/t If silent go to 2.2
2.1 ask 2 what 3 would answer '2+2=4' s s f f if silent go to 2.3
3.1 ask 2 if 3 would say he tells the truth t f You know Q2.1 must be false
2.2 ask 1 what 3 would answer '2+2=4' f f Must be false
3.2 ask 1 if 3 would say he tells the truth t f
3.3 ask 1 if 2 would say he tells the truth t f You know Q1 must be false

[nicolasdiez]

There is no scenario where truth and lier would ever say the same answer sorry