(And into a beautiful romance: The two would eventually marry.) With logic, Smullyan turned a false statement into a kiss. Now you see the trap: She has already agreed not to reward a false statement with an autograph. And if Smullyan’s statement is false, then the charming lady musician will give him either an autograph or a kiss. But Smullyan’s statement, supposing it’s true, leads to contradiction: It rules out giving an autograph. It takes a moment, but the cleverness of Smullyan’s ploy eventually becomes clear.Ī truthful statement gets him her autograph, as they agreed. His statement was: “You’ll give me neither your autograph nor a kiss.”
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