unexpected hanging paradox
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A paradox about a person's expectations about the timing of a future event which they are…
A paradox about a person's expectations about the timing of a future event which they are told will occur at an unexpected time. It is based on the idea that a prisoner, told that he will be hanged on a day unknown to him, concludes that "I cannot be hanged on Friday because if I haven't been hanged by the end of Thursday then it would no longer be a surprise", and so on backwards through the week.
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for unexpected hanging paradox. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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