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alien2
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A man found a device which allows him to see the future, including lottery winning numbers for the next 100 years. He has no restraints regarding using the device and nothing prevents him from doing just that yet he is poor. Can you explain it?
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Re: Seer
« Reply #1 on: Aug 26th, 2016, 4:11pm » |
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He is poor because he paid a fortune to the crook who sold him the device.
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Re: Seer
« Reply #2 on: Aug 26th, 2016, 11:47pm » |
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He can see there's no point to becoming rich. Every possible future where he "cheats" to become rich has a bad ending.
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Re: Seer
« Reply #3 on: Aug 27th, 2016, 12:37am » |
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on Aug 26th, 2016, 4:11pm, Grimbal wrote:| He is poor because he paid a fortune to the crook who sold him the device. |
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I am uncertain whether or not you just solved the riddle by not giving away too much. Perhaps you're just on the right track. Not sure which.
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Re: Seer
« Reply #4 on: Aug 27th, 2016, 6:25am » |
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It was more a joke, an outside-of-the-box answer.
But maybe the device shows him all the winning lottery numbers, but also the names of the grand winners, which doesn't include him.
So the device shows him the future. And if he doesn't like it, too bad, he cannot change it. How could a device show you the future if you still can change it?
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Re: Seer
« Reply #5 on: Aug 27th, 2016, 6:47am » |
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The intended answer is a rather simple one and it might disappoint you.
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Re: Seer
« Reply #6 on: Aug 28th, 2016, 2:34pm » |
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I guess he is blind.
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Re: Seer
« Reply #7 on: Aug 29th, 2016, 9:07am » |
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Nope. He is in perfect health.
Perhaps the answer is too simple. Of course, riddling myopia can blind beautiful minds as well.
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Re: Seer
« Reply #8 on: Aug 29th, 2016, 3:46pm » |
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He hasn't used the device yet?
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Re: Seer
« Reply #9 on: Aug 29th, 2016, 11:57pm » |
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Correct. He just got it.
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