Can you solve the three gods riddle? - Alex Gendler

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  • @Nogha12
    @Nogha12 7 років тому +7831

    >this riddle has been called the hardest logic puzzle ever
    >pause here if you want to figure it out for yourself!
    Excuse me who do you think I am

    • @lumi217
      @lumi217 7 років тому +76

      Noah Lomu We thought you're Noah Lomu 😂

    • @yahyachakrad9380
      @yahyachakrad9380 7 років тому +89

      I've gone through comments and this is the best answer yet Noah lmao

    • @ArcadianWizard
      @ArcadianWizard 7 років тому +25

      Noah Lomu an asian

    • @sharoncuello1843
      @sharoncuello1843 7 років тому +4

      Noah Lomu lol!!😂😂

    • @xy6830
      @xy6830 7 років тому +2

      Noah Lomu lol

  • @Abi-hq1lm
    @Abi-hq1lm 4 роки тому +17808

    "So.. can you solve the riddle?"
    "Well ozo, but actually ulu"

    • @Aster_rex
      @Aster_rex 4 роки тому +640

      You could have just made this meme 100 times better or ruined it forever
      I approve

    • @unluckydemon7026
      @unluckydemon7026 4 роки тому +132

      Well, no but actually yes

    • @ethanfreeman9243
      @ethanfreeman9243 4 роки тому +164

      Well ulu, but actually ozo

    • @MrKnivan
      @MrKnivan 4 роки тому +88

      This right here is a fantastic comment congrats

    • @kamillahebberd1004
      @kamillahebberd1004 4 роки тому +19

      Johnny zoo is yes then?

  • @AgentBurgo
    @AgentBurgo 4 роки тому +10158

    “You and your team have crash landed on a ancient planet”
    Good to know my team consists of me and a dog

  • @candarus_collective
    @candarus_collective 2 роки тому +1090

    I tried for HOURS to solve this and honestly I'm proud of myself for how much I figured out, even though I never got to the full solution

    • @Here_is_Waldo
      @Here_is_Waldo Рік тому +53

      Good on you. I gave up pretty quickly.

    • @Syrup1
      @Syrup1 Рік тому +17

      my brain hurts from this one

    • @MD.Akib_Al_Azad
      @MD.Akib_Al_Azad Рік тому +14

      Yeah, I managed to get there with 9 questions

    • @amac9044
      @amac9044 11 місяців тому +17

      We're proud of you too... Because I didn't even fully understand the explained solution... 😂😂😂

    • @_emmz
      @_emmz 6 місяців тому

      @@amac9044same😭

  • @ohheyimjulez9690
    @ohheyimjulez9690 5 років тому +14489

    Thank God we landed next to that rock engraved with the information we needed.

    • @valroz
      @valroz 5 років тому +670

      And that too in English

    • @-notporygon-1049
      @-notporygon-1049 4 роки тому +154

      all three of them

    • @edgemadefoxe367
      @edgemadefoxe367 4 роки тому +118

      @@valroz no they can be in the alien language cause you understand the language but not what Ulu or Ozo mean

    • @lyndseypaige9339
      @lyndseypaige9339 4 роки тому +161

      but it sure is unfortunate that we crash landed on a planet with 3 aliens that have certain tendencies to lie and tell the truth, and that we know the entire alien language except for yes and no, and that we can only ask three yes or no questions, and that the aliens only respond with ozo and ulu.

    • @edgemadefoxe367
      @edgemadefoxe367 4 роки тому +46

      The original one was about gods and the gods understand your language but can only reply with Olu or Ozo

  • @ayushmehta6051
    @ayushmehta6051 6 років тому +15664

    TED-Ed: Did you solve the puzzle?
    Me: Ozo.

  • @adrijarambhatla3898
    @adrijarambhatla3898 5 років тому +11042

    Me: knows entire alien language
    Also me: doesn't know the difference between yes and no

    • @MayBeBasic
      @MayBeBasic 5 років тому +349

      *bruh moment*

    • @Inkyminkyzizwoz
      @Inkyminkyzizwoz 5 років тому +656

      There is an alternative version of this puzzle that says they understand English but will always answer in their own language, which makes it more plausible

    • @nasooong9544
      @nasooong9544 5 років тому +20

      MayBeBasic LMFAOO

    • @felixschreave
      @felixschreave 5 років тому +109

      It’s like latin, there are hardly any ways to greet someone but there are a lot of insults lol

    • @mirianramires7592
      @mirianramires7592 5 років тому +5

      Adrija Rambhatla
      LOGIC

  • @jlyaaburnee
    @jlyaaburnee Рік тому +227

    an explanation;
    the gist of this whole riddle is to emphasize the power of a double negative. we can obtain all the information we need from these gods using double negatives, without even knowing the meaning of the answer or the how truthful it is.
    understanding why tee and eff will give their given answers is the easy part, at least when we are asking questions we know whether or not are true or false. i think when we try to get answers we dont already know, thats when it gets difficult and we get lost in the sauce.
    instead of ozo and ulu, ill use x and y for simplicity, with ozo=x and ulu=y.
    if the embedded question is true, no matter what x or y is, what we ask is going to either give a double positive or negative.
    (if i ask you whether or not the sky is blue, would you answer x?)
    when x=yes
    tee -> x!
    eff -> x! (to the question itself, it would answer y)
    when x=no
    tee -> x!
    eff -> x! (lies about lying to the embedded question.)
    the important part here is to realize they both responded x because the embedded question was true.
    what would happen if it was false?
    (if asked you whether or not the sky is red, would you answer x?)
    when x=yes
    tee -> y!
    eff -> y! (would say x to embedded question)
    when x=no
    tee -> y!
    eff -> y! (would say x to embedded question.)
    the takeaway is _when our embedded question is true,_ irregardless of what x or y is, we will get that same variable we put in our question back from them. thats the only thing all that x and y mess above told us thats important.
    now that we know what the answers to true and false questions look like, we can use the gods responses to see whether or not their responses match a true or false embedded statement. look;
    if i asked you whether *abc,* would you answer x?
    if a god responds -> x
    then we have proved above that abc must be a true statement, and we learned something new!
    if a god responds -> y
    then we have proved that abc must be false. just scroll up!
    now we use statements on the position of the gods to get them to sell each other out!
    but do not lost sight of the big picture- we dont care what ozo and ulu are! we dont need to! it doesnt matter! what matters is _if your embedded question is true!_

    • @dariosabatini7053
      @dariosabatini7053 Рік тому +25

      Underappreciated detailed explaination

    • @jlyaaburnee
      @jlyaaburnee Рік тому +2

      @@dariosabatini7053 thank you, i put it here to remind myself when i rewatch it

    • @myhorizon9533
      @myhorizon9533 8 місяців тому +4

      Now i finally understand it after all these years, thank you

    • @saurav1289
      @saurav1289 7 місяців тому +2

      Thanks macha

    • @jack-wf5fw
      @jack-wf5fw 4 місяці тому +5

      This is the best explanation of this puzzle

  • @chatnoir3025
    @chatnoir3025 4 роки тому +14564

    I can't imagine being able to decipher an entire alien language to the point I can ask any question but not able to translate "yes" and "no".

    • @Inkyminkyzizwoz
      @Inkyminkyzizwoz 3 роки тому +1602

      I saw another version of this puzzle saying that they understand you but will only answer in their own language, which is a lot more plausible

    • @ВладиславКравченко-с4л
      @ВладиславКравченко-с4л 3 роки тому +453

      @@Inkyminkyzizwoz also, if you have to ask a question in their language, you won't be able to ask "if 'ozo' means 'yes', ..."
      since you don't know how to say 'yes' in their language.
      You'd have to ask something like "if 'ozo' means 'ozo', ..."
      which can't give you any useful information.

    • @heloxiii8894
      @heloxiii8894 3 роки тому +22

      yes

    • @markburke1396
      @markburke1396 3 роки тому +89

      @@ВладиславКравченко-с4л Unless you ask Eff if 'Ozo' means 'Ozo', then he would have to lie and say 'Ulu'.

    • @fa3il_5air72
      @fa3il_5air72 3 роки тому +3

      @@Inkyminkyzizwoz Where?

  • @fathomgaming25
    @fathomgaming25 5 років тому +2310

    “You and your team have crash landed on an ancient planet”
    **9 year old girl and a dog walk out of the space ship**

  • @potatoesandducks958
    @potatoesandducks958 3 роки тому +4506

    "Can you solve the riddle-"
    Simply understanding the solution is an achievement, let alone trying to make your own solution

    • @lukasg4807
      @lukasg4807 2 роки тому +71

      Yeah, thought we knew who the overlords were just not which artifact they wanted

    • @TrisGalgothi
      @TrisGalgothi Рік тому +6

      1/0=planet: OH GOD NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    • @davidbnpl
      @davidbnpl Рік тому +15

      Exactly.. I think of myself as pretty good riddle solver but this one... I was really happy I understood the solution :D I had simply no idea how to solve it.

    • @cavaebi7890
      @cavaebi7890 Рік тому +2

      took me one hour in my head to check every possiblity LMAO

    • @klastic5918
      @klastic5918 11 місяців тому +6

      This explanation is really bad. In the example solve, it says “you could be talking to R but lets assume not.”

  • @rmhz6815
    @rmhz6815 2 роки тому +911

    I couldn't understand it at first, but now that it has been explained i still can't

    • @keepitstraightfrrr
      @keepitstraightfrrr 6 місяців тому +11

      😂😂

    • @akshatkumar7463
      @akshatkumar7463 6 місяців тому +4

      So if They say ulu they are r since in the first question only t, f say ozo????

    • @hgriff14
      @hgriff14 5 місяців тому +20

      it makes it more confusing that he asked the aliens 4 questions and then got a bonus question at the end in a problem that says you can only ask 3 questions

    • @tegathemenace
      @tegathemenace 4 місяці тому +4

      ​@@hgriff14 forget the bonus question.
      It's understandable if you write it down or deduct backwards.
      If you ask Eff such questions and he tells you ozo. That means he's actual answer is in fact not ozo but ulu.
      Ulu( his real answer to the embedded question) is also a lie.
      And this depends on the embedded question.
      So if your embedded question is a true one. Edd would lie it's false(ulu) and lie that his intended answer is ozo(so he'd say ozo my answer was ozo)

    • @minersheep8285
      @minersheep8285 3 місяці тому +17

      It took me forever to get it too, I can try to explain it more clearly...
      Framing a question like "if I asked you this, would you answer this" would result in the same answer for both Tee and Eff every time.
      This is because Tee would be honest with you. And Eff would lie about lying to you. Their answers would therefore match on either yes or no.
      This essentially turns Eff into a second Tee.
      Tee - "Yes I would tell you."
      Eff - "Yes I would tell you." (I'm still lying because I wouldn't tell you)

  • @gamechep
    @gamechep 4 роки тому +3513

    *Me* : If I asked you if Schrödinger's cat is alive, would you say OZO?
    *Alien overlords* : * visible confusion *

  • @norrinmaize1210
    @norrinmaize1210 4 роки тому +1728

    Ted-Ed: did you solve the hardest puzzle in the world with only 1 brain cell in just 3 seconds?
    Me:
    Ü̶̢̡̡̮̣̣͇͙͎̩̼̺̺͐̀l̶͉͙͚͙̳͉̣̦̟̲̱̰̱͈̦̤͚̽̀́͑͆̊̀̎́͛́̋̔̈́͛̏́͜͝͝z̶̛̺̠̝̙̜̼͒̏́͒͌̑͊͑̒̿͆̒͂͜͠͝o̶̺̥̓͋͗́́̓̉͘̕͠͝͝͝
    ̵͇͔̳̣̥͉͎̱͒̌͛̉͆̊̀

  • @realmuha
    @realmuha 3 роки тому +4341

    Me: So. How much complexity do you wanna put in a single 4-minutes video?
    TED-Ed: Ozo.

    • @Omikaclass6
      @Omikaclass6 3 роки тому +202

      Well ozo but actually ulu

    • @simonfrancis9009
      @simonfrancis9009 2 роки тому +88

      Well ozo but actually ozo

    • @simonfrancis9009
      @simonfrancis9009 2 роки тому +50

      Well ulu but actually ulu

    • @simonfrancis9009
      @simonfrancis9009 2 роки тому +6

      @NovaSys I was waiting for someone to send this👀 now the possibilities of this question are complete 🔥👌🏽

    • @simonfrancis9009
      @simonfrancis9009 2 роки тому +3

      @NovaSys 👌🏽🤗 this meme will be eternal because of us🎉

  • @electric_chris
    @electric_chris 10 місяців тому +41

    After seven years, I am proud to say that I finally understand the solution to this riddle (although I would still have no clue how to solve the riddle independently)

  • @taffymatt1366
    @taffymatt1366 6 років тому +4660

    "You and your team"
    *you and a dog walk off the ship*

  • @thebuttoncrafters1708
    @thebuttoncrafters1708 4 роки тому +5680

    Ted-ed: “Can you solve the riddle?”
    Me: *”No. I am here for the answer.”*

    • @doomcarry69
      @doomcarry69 4 роки тому +217

      i cant even understand the answer

    • @curtain9842
      @curtain9842 4 роки тому +5

      Avneet Singh same

    • @autumnveir1168
      @autumnveir1168 4 роки тому +9

      Just say ulu

    • @कश्परैना
      @कश्परैना 4 роки тому +7

      @@autumnveir1168 ozo

    • @xmm8299
      @xmm8299 4 роки тому +8

      Its actually not overly difficult to solve or understand the answer if you have a good knowledge of bool's algebra and good experience in problem solving. Otherwise, however, it is incredibly difficult

  • @bananannaan
    @bananannaan 3 роки тому +8022

    imagine if you solved all of that and you ask tee “is it a long way to earth?” and tee just replies “yes.”

    • @Inkyminkyzizwoz
      @Inkyminkyzizwoz 3 роки тому +182

      You could ask him a question that you already know the answer to, so you would then know which word meant which

    • @bananannaan
      @bananannaan 3 роки тому +310

      @@Inkyminkyzizwoz yeah i get that aha but like its that he could talk english the whole time lmao

    • @chriswebster24
      @chriswebster24 3 роки тому +28

      @@Inkyminkyzizwoz Yeah but then you’d be out of questions and it wouldn’t do you any good because you couldn’t ask anything else.

    • @spooky2526
      @spooky2526 3 роки тому +10

      @@chriswebster24 well since any other question wouldn't yield useful I formation either might as well ask that so you don't beat yourself up for the rest of your life because you don't know it lol

    • @charliedegiulio9951
      @charliedegiulio9951 3 роки тому +2

      @@Inkyminkyzizwoz but you do not know if it is Tee or Eff or Arr

  • @markimbing8018
    @markimbing8018 2 роки тому +130

    2:15 It would be better to explain this by not using ozo or ulu. For example: “If I asked you if 2+2=4, would you say yes?” To the embedded question, Tee would say yes. Tee would reply to your question and say “Yes, I would say yes if you asked me if 2+2=4.”
    The rules state that Eff always lies. It doesn’t imply that Eff would say the opposite of Tee or vice versa. To the embedded question, Eff would say no. If he said “No, I would say no to 2+2=4.”, that means he said something true, which contradicts his rule of lying. Instead, he would lie and say “Yes, I would say yes to 2+2=4.”
    Reverse example: “If I asked you if 2+2=4, would you say no?” To the embedded question, Tee would say no, so Tee replies and says “No, I would say yes to 2+2=4.” Eff, again, would tell the truth and break his lying rule if he says “Yes, I would say no to 2+2=4.” So he would have to say “No, I would say yes to 2+2=4.”

    • @Zurpador164
      @Zurpador164 Рік тому +9

      But they don't speak english, how could they answer Yes, the fact that you don't know what they are saying is a big part of the problem

    • @Nico-kg8so
      @Nico-kg8so Рік тому +4

      Thank you Mark! I can visualise better with your explanation!

    • @americaduyen6041
      @americaduyen6041 Рік тому

      Too much explaning

    • @shodeblade
      @shodeblade Рік тому +5

      @@Zurpador164 It's just an addition in their answer to make the answer easier to understand, the first word "Yes" and "No" in their can be replaced with ozo and ulu

    • @interstellar0001
      @interstellar0001 Рік тому

      Danke

  • @XEZ616
    @XEZ616 7 років тому +1392

    Little did you know, TEE helped to repair ship as he promised, EFF lied about fixing your ship and messed up your navigation system instead, while ARR left a timed bomb as a gift.

    • @vleesevlons
      @vleesevlons 7 років тому +82

      555 To The 666 And the bomb only explodes when the timer says 0, but the timer only shows random numbers.

    • @taichisuzuki1207
      @taichisuzuki1207 7 років тому +40

      lol. Considering their nature (one honest, one lies, one unreliable), they could do something like that.

    • @childofpersia1213
      @childofpersia1213 7 років тому +6

      555 To The 666 ARR= WILDCARD (Like Charlie day in its always sunny 🤣)

    • @JBsoloman5000
      @JBsoloman5000 7 років тому +21

      Yea, but even as the ship got f%cked, You got Yourself killed before You found it out, because You asked the 4th question - how far is earth at the end of video...

    • @aprilagustin6750
      @aprilagustin6750 7 років тому +3

      555 To The 666 PLOT TWIST

  • @MoonLight-zw7br
    @MoonLight-zw7br 5 років тому +1122

    Did I understand the riddle?
    Ulu.
    Did I learn anything?
    Ozo.
    What did I learn?
    *To not crash-land on an alien planet.*

    • @THEFUFFYDRAGONx
      @THEFUFFYDRAGONx 4 роки тому +4

      Well if she did learn something than, and her answer to “did i learn something” is ozo. that means ozo is yes and ulu is no - So no they did not understand and yes they learned something

    • @encyclopediaamericana7234
      @encyclopediaamericana7234 4 роки тому

      But we still don't know which is yes and which is no. The narrator just kinda assumed....lol

    • @mcbotface
      @mcbotface 4 роки тому

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @ZHBG-ll7fy
    @ZHBG-ll7fy 7 років тому +1758

    >deciphered an entire alien language
    >except two common, crucial words, ozo and ulu

    • @keiganm1287
      @keiganm1287 6 років тому +89

      ZHBG 9224 perfect understanding of a language so you can apply double negatives to long sentences, while also using perfect grammar comes with draw backs.

    • @mcfarvo
      @mcfarvo 6 років тому +30

      It's not a probable scenario, but it is a logical problem. ;)

    • @sidjtd
      @sidjtd 6 років тому +24

      Well, you’re either Aladeeen about it or Aladeen about it, but I think you’re Aladeen about it

    • @jakem.4971
      @jakem.4971 6 років тому +4

      S. dictator

    • @PinkENBlue
      @PinkENBlue 6 років тому +8

      Yeah ikr, if it's the entire language you already deciphered, why'd you not know of yes or no in their language?
      It sounds like a 4chan post

  • @dVTHoR
    @dVTHoR Рік тому +107

    I’m just happy to say, despite not coming up with the answer, I was finally able to completely
    Understand the solution after some time. It took a while thought as they brush through that solution so fast without explaining in detail.
    It’s pretty remarkable for someone to come up with the full answer. In hindsight, it makes so much sense that question 1 must isolate one that isn’t the random answerer - as no other questions can contain information until you have at least that. But still.. even making that discovery, coming up with that first question is very difficult to do.

    • @TOMMY-AND-FRIENDS
      @TOMMY-AND-FRIENDS Рік тому +3

      But what if the alien in question 1 is r

    • @RH-nk7eo
      @RH-nk7eo Рік тому +1

      ​@@TOMMY-AND-FRIENDSit doesn't matter. The first question either confirms the left or the right isn't R. From there you ask the second question to either the left or the right. The centre doesn't matter.

    • @duyle7831
      @duyle7831 9 місяців тому +4

      @@RH-nk7eoi still dont get it, if you accidentally ask Arr the question, that answer is already meaningless, how doesnt it matter ?

    • @mli2883
      @mli2883 8 місяців тому +1

      ​@@duyle7831it's because the first question is meant to find whom among the lords at either side isn't r. if youre already talking to r, then neither of the sides are him, so r's random answer doesn't matter since it'll point to a non-r lord either way

    • @duyle7831
      @duyle7831 8 місяців тому +2

      @@mli2883 but you still dont know for certain if you're talking to Arr or not?

  • @cat5220
    @cat5220 7 років тому +5623

    Ted: Can you solve this riddle? Me: how dare you underestimate me of course I ca... *WTF IS THIS*

    • @magiv4205
      @magiv4205 7 років тому +160

      Same I feel ashamed.

    • @larissa13787
      @larissa13787 7 років тому +67

      Ikrrr sameee i thought I was good at solving riddles...

    • @331Dylan
      @331Dylan 7 років тому +124

      exatly... i cant really understand the explanation

    • @bastienmillecam3183
      @bastienmillecam3183 7 років тому +46

      It's not that I don't understand the explanation.... exactly. it's just that I fail to see how it is fail proof?

    • @hmrtacr
      @hmrtacr 7 років тому +30

      Usually most of channels ask easy questions for you to feel better about yourself. So you watch more of the same channels videos.

  • @linneald
    @linneald 5 років тому +7250

    I think I lost a few braincells trying to understand this

    • @PJSM94
      @PJSM94 5 років тому +198

      It's really not that difficult.
      If I asked you, "(insert hypothetical question here)," *would you reply "OZO"?*
      -If the hypothetical is true, Tee AND Eff will ALWAYS reply OZO
      -If the hypothetical is false, Tee AND Eff will always reply ULU.
      However, if we swapped out OZO for ULU in our question, everything would be the opposite. Like this:
      If I asked you, "(insert hypothetical question here)," *would you reply "ULU"?*
      -If the hypothetical is true, Tee AND Eff will ALWAYS reply ULU
      -If the hypothetical is false, Tee AND Eff will always reply OZO.
      Whatever you decide to put in at "would you reply _____?" will always be the response if the hypothetical is true.
      Here's an example:
      If I asked you, "Does 2+2=4," would you reply *"OZO"?*
      The answer will always be OZO if you're asking Tee or Eff. You could swap out OZO for ULU, though.
      If I asked you, "Does 2+2=4," would you reply "ULU"?
      Again, Tee and Eff will always reply ULL since the hypothetical is true. If it's false, they'll answer with the opposite word that's in the question.
      Let's assume we're talking to Eff.
      If I asked you, "Are you Eff," would you reply "OZO"?
      Assume OZO = TRUE. You can essentially rewrite the question:
      If I asked you, "Are you Eff," would you answer "yes"?
      Think about what Eff's reply will be, given that he always lies. If he says "yes, I would say yes," he's lying about answering yes to the other question. Which is what he would do.. he's Eff. But if he replied "no," or the opposite to the word in the question," he would essentially being saying, "no, I would not say yes to that question." That's actually a true statement. He's being honest that he would like to us. So, he has to reply with OZO, given that is the word in the question and the hypothetical is true.
      So even if that doesn't make sense, you just have to understand that whatever word is in the question, OZO or ULU, that will be the answer IF the hypothetical is *true*, and if the hypothetical is false, the opposite word that isn't in the question will be there answer.
      When we ask the alien in the middle:
      If I asked you "Is Are to my left," would you reply OZO?
      -We have 3 options. We're either talking to Eff, Tee, or Arr.
      Let's say we get the reply ULU. We know that ULU is the opposite to the word in the question, OZO. So, IF we are talking to Tee or Eff and we get the response ULU, we know that the hypothetical is false. This means, Arr isn't on the left. But if we are talking to Arr, well that means he is also still not on the left, because he's in the middle. IF we get the reply ULU, Arr is eliminated from the left.. meaning it's either Eff or Tee, so we won't get a random answer as a possibility when we ask that alien a question. So, go to the left most Alien.
      If I were to ask you, "Are you Tee," would you reply OZO?
      An ozo reply indicates that the hypothetical is true. If it's true, then we are talking to Tee. If it's false, we are talking to Eff. Let's say it's true and we get an ozo reply, so it's Tee. We know one Alien. Now, just ask Tee this:
      If I were to ask you, "Is the alien in the middle Arr," would you reply OZO?
      An OZO reply means the middle alien is Arr.
      An ULU reply means the Alien is Eff.
      There, you solved it.

    • @pekkapaco5333
      @pekkapaco5333 5 років тому +402

      Jed Miller "It's really not that difficult ...**convoluted 2 page essay**
      There, easy!"

    • @rakotondrazakatojoherilant6403
      @rakotondrazakatojoherilant6403 5 років тому +42

      Jed Miller but what makes us so true that we are asking either tee or eff , we may talking to err?

    • @canaDavid1
      @canaDavid1 5 років тому +17

      @@PJSM94 *oh ok*

    • @Ian.langford823
      @Ian.langford823 5 років тому +124

      Here's by far the easiest way to understand this:
      To help you understand let's say Ozo means yes and Ulu means no. Then let's say the aliens in order from left to right are:
      Tee | Eff | Arr
      The solution to the problem is tricking Eff into always telling the truth by using a double negative. Here's how: If you asked him "is the god to your left Arr?" he would lie and say yes(ozo). So if you instead say "if I asked you if the god to your left were Arr, would you say yes(ozo)?" Since he indeed would have, he would lie again and say no(ulu). We just tricked him into telling the truth. Now if Tee and Eff were switched then the exact same thing would've happened. If you asked Tee "is the god on your left Arr?" he would've told the truth and said no(ulu). So if you asked him "if I asked you if the god on your left were Arr, would you say yes(ozo). He would not have so he would still say no(ulu). So whether Tee or Eff is in the middle either one would've told the truth. So what if you're speaking to Arr? Well then that would mean the one on the left couldn't be Arr of course. The whole point of the first question is just to figure out which of the three is NOT Arr. Which you now know is the one on the left. So now you know that the one on the left is either Tee or Eff, and you know how to trick Eff into telling the truth. So now you ask the one on the left "if I asked you if you were Eff, would you say yes(ozo)?" since it's Tee he would say "no(ulu)". So now you know it's Tee. So now you ask Tee again "is the one in the middle Arr?" Tee would say no(ulu) so you would know the one in the middle must be Eff which means the one on the right must be Arr.
      Now the reason you don't need to know what Ozo or Ulu means is because you just need to see if they respond with the same word you used or not. If you ask the question with Ozo and they answer with Ozo then they're basically saying yes. If they respond with Ozo when you say Ulu it means no, if they respond with Ulu when you say Ozo it means no. If they respond with Ozo when you say Ozo it means yes. If they respond to Ulu with Ulu it means yes. This whole riddle is basically using negatives and positives from math to solve the problem. If you use a negative, and they use a positive then the solution is negative, or false. If you use a negative and they use a negative then the solution is positive, or true. So now look at the question again "If I asked you if the god on the left is Arr, would you say Ozo?" He replies "Ulu". So you know he's saying the god on the left is NOT Arr. Either he's telling the truth or he IS Arr, either way you know the god on the left isn't Arr, which allows you to figure out the other two. Hope this helps.

  • @OmarMohamed-xw3nt
    @OmarMohamed-xw3nt 5 років тому +4337

    The answer got me more confused then the quiston

    • @ceciliamak3402
      @ceciliamak3402 5 років тому +63

      You spelled question wrong

    • @Inkyminkyzizwoz
      @Inkyminkyzizwoz 5 років тому +55

      *than

    • @Inkyminkyzizwoz
      @Inkyminkyzizwoz 5 років тому +77

      @Rycupcakes 7783 No comma needed there

    • @bagoflesh
      @bagoflesh 5 років тому +17

      @Rycupcakes 7783 make that three

    • @kareem4333
      @kareem4333 5 років тому +17

      @@Inkyminkyzizwoz You forgot your full stop.

  • @FallFlat-un8xe
    @FallFlat-un8xe Рік тому +31

    The part of double positive and double negative both come out positive is very impressive and help logic

    • @olive4846
      @olive4846 Рік тому

      what does it mean?.. i dont get how tee and eff would both answer the same thing to 2+2?..

    • @finmonster5827
      @finmonster5827 Рік тому +1

      ​@@olive4846 the crucial thing here is how the question is put: with that "if I asked you ... would you say ...". tee would say true 2 times. eff will lie 2 times. 2 lies in such case make true.

    • @S.D.323
      @S.D.323 2 місяці тому

      Well they would answer the same thing because the one who tells the truth would say yes I would tell the truth and the one who lies would say he would too because he's a liar same for the question of if they would lie

  • @slowloris2996
    @slowloris2996 7 років тому +6537

    You explained it to me but now I need someone to explain the explanation.

    • @frankjohnson123
      @frankjohnson123 7 років тому +377

      It's not super intuitive; you just have to check each case.
      Ask T: If I asked you if 2 + 2 = 4, would you say yes?
      answer is yes
      Ask T: If I asked you if 2 + 2 = 4, would you say no?
      answer is no
      Ask F: If I asked you if 2 + 2 = 4, would you say yes?
      F would answer 2 + 2 = 4 with no, but what you're basically asking is "do you tell the truth?" He'd lie and say yes.
      Ask F: If I asked you if 2 + 2 = 4, would you say no?
      What you're basically asking is "Would you tell a lie?" He'd lie and say no.
      If you notice, in each case the premise of the question you're asking is true. No matter what word you use, yes or no, or whether you're asking T or F, the alien would match that word. That's the hardest part of the logic puzzle; the rest is elimination.

    • @khanok02
      @khanok02 7 років тому +83

      Galaxy Cat, Destroyer of Worlds what i don't get is that what if you asked your first question from arr? The answer wouldn't even matter cause you don't know if he is lying or not

    • @nelsoncheng2674
      @nelsoncheng2674 7 років тому +41

      Galaxy Cat, Destroyer of Worlds you're actually explaining it from the wrong perspective. The key to solving this riddle is to first neglect the fact that the meaning to respective words ozo and ulu, and then use the theory of whether ++ or -- both equals + to ask them questions that is -- and see how the overlords react base on their respective logic. But you started your explanation from assuming the meaning to ozo and ulu, which is very confusing and somehow contradictory to the riddle's core essence.

    • @personanonymous9817
      @personanonymous9817 7 років тому

      Caden Campbell omg, lol!! Same 😂😂😂

    • @ilannatan7766
      @ilannatan7766 7 років тому +39

      I ozo understand the explanation

  • @FireypepperCP
    @FireypepperCP 4 роки тому +10069

    For anyone who's good at math, this is what math sounds like to people who are bad at it

  • @BerylliumBronze
    @BerylliumBronze 4 роки тому +2878

    Friend: solves riddle
    Me: Who tee eff arr you? God?

    • @babyleomummy
      @babyleomummy 4 роки тому +66

      😂😂😂😂😂 Good one,man!

    • @cookiecakeeater6340
      @cookiecakeeater6340 4 роки тому +37

      Well you really just need to think about it however long it takes you to figure it out and you probably will eventually

    • @Ananth_
      @Ananth_ 4 роки тому +27

      Lol😂
      Underrated !!

    • @cookiecakeeater6340
      @cookiecakeeater6340 4 роки тому +17

      Actually this is a joke so never mind that has nothing to do with it

    • @Ananth_
      @Ananth_ 4 роки тому +10

      @Yoan Aditya what he said to make you say wtf ?

  • @yeetupusdeletus7041
    @yeetupusdeletus7041 2 роки тому +17

    So how confusing do you want this riddle to be?
    Ted-Ed: *Well, ozo but actually ulu.*

  • @helixzenith
    @helixzenith 3 роки тому +2175

    For the fourth and final question when you leave, ask Tee:
    “Is 2+2=4”
    If oso means yes, Tee would say oso.
    If oso means no, Tee would say ulu.
    You would finally be able to find out what the words mean. It wouldn’t really accomplish anything other than you being fully fluent in the alien language though.

    • @reeven1721
      @reeven1721 3 роки тому +312

      It gives you a Steam achievement if you unlock the full language.

    • @avinlia2029
      @avinlia2029 3 роки тому +160

      …Unless this whole time the aliens didn’t know how to do math…

    • @marcusscience23
      @marcusscience23 3 роки тому +82

      The riddle will make a tiny bit more sense if: you can ask in your own language and the aliens will understand, but they will only answer in their own language which you don't know.

    • @kurax9115
      @kurax9115 3 роки тому +11

      Also only works If aliens have the same syste on maths

    • @yettispaghetti6784
      @yettispaghetti6784 2 роки тому +15

      Tbh you could just ask another hypothetical question to find out if it's a long way to Earth without knowing if ozo is yes or no. "Tee, If I asked you 'is it a long way to Earth?' Would you answer ozo?" If ozo, statement is true, it's a long way till Earth. If ulu, hooray! Earth isn't that far away!

  • @jackfinnegan2217
    @jackfinnegan2217 7 років тому +6110

    Learns an entirely new alien language in a day. But can't say Yes or No.
    Seems legit.

    • @gamingwithcharlie5008
      @gamingwithcharlie5008 7 років тому +11

      Ham Sandwich
      lol

    • @sharoncuello1843
      @sharoncuello1843 7 років тому +3

      Ham Sandwich ikr!lol!

    • @xy6830
      @xy6830 7 років тому +5

      Ham Sandwich well never thought of that.. Lol

    • @BlueSkyCrystals
      @BlueSkyCrystals 7 років тому +56

      Ham Sandwich IKR and yes or no are usually the first words people learn when learning a new language.

    • @jackfinnegan2217
      @jackfinnegan2217 7 років тому +6

      Crystals exactly. lol

  • @AnmolSingh-rs9ze
    @AnmolSingh-rs9ze 4 роки тому +6658

    Me as an intellectual: Place all artifacts in front of them allowing them to pick their artifact.

    • @in-everything2330
      @in-everything2330 4 роки тому +204

      yeah thats totally easier

    • @legendaxicad._
      @legendaxicad._ 4 роки тому +67

      Ozo = x^2 x pi. No solution. But.... if I told you there was, what would it be, yes or no? Ozo means yes, while ulu means no. This is solved by asking if Tee's name is Tee, and whatever he responds with is yes. By mentioning his name, he will respond truthfully. He responds Ozo, which is now yes. This identifies Tee, and solves for Ozo. Now, you mention Eff and pick a answer where you know if it is yes or no. This finds Eff and can lead to maybe discoveries and other possibilities. You then find Arr, and ask Tee if you this is the correct overlords' names.

    • @commandercaptain4664
      @commandercaptain4664 4 роки тому +233

      R would just take somebody else's artifact, T would whine about it, and F would go full Karen.

    • @wotgamerz9212
      @wotgamerz9212 4 роки тому +39

      @@commandercaptain4664 actually ur right eff would take others artifact not his own

    • @wotgamerz9212
      @wotgamerz9212 4 роки тому +6

      he lie boi right? and arr idk tee would take his own artfact unless eff already took it

  • @TheIndieGhost
    @TheIndieGhost Рік тому +124

    Just realized that the names of the gods are, in a way, what they do.
    "Tee" sounds like T -> True
    "Eff" sounds like F -> False
    "Arr" sound like R -> Random

    • @nahidashafinaz9191
      @nahidashafinaz9191 7 місяців тому +2

      yes but it doesn't prove a thing bruvv, kills the purpose of the riddle

    • @cegrewex
      @cegrewex 6 місяців тому +2

      Amazing! You solved the puzzle!

  • @pamelaoh2470
    @pamelaoh2470 4 роки тому +2347

    Imagine how frustrated Eff gets once he realised that he can never truly lie.

  • @eagletgriff
    @eagletgriff 5 років тому +1937

    Girl: Will you say Ozo if the god next to you is Tee?
    Eff: Uwu

  • @EkittyMonte
    @EkittyMonte 7 років тому +4225

    So let me get this straight, you literally know EVERY single word in their language except for yes and no

    • @Kraily4t8
      @Kraily4t8 7 років тому +17

      jameely monte yep

    • @MaxAethon
      @MaxAethon 7 років тому +282

      jameely monte
      Ozo

    • @collinkhan4163
      @collinkhan4163 7 років тому +150

      jameely monte
      Ulu

    • @noehfa9811
      @noehfa9811 7 років тому +81

      it's not us who understand their language, it's them who understand our language

    • @josephfox9221
      @josephfox9221 7 років тому +38

      Ozo

  • @Uberman23gd
    @Uberman23gd Місяць тому +2

    After so many years I finally realised:
    Tee > T > True
    Eff > F > False
    Arr > R > Random
    It was so obvious 🤣

  • @alinlazarescu1349
    @alinlazarescu1349 4 роки тому +2892

    I JUST REALIZED THAT TEE ARR AND EFF STAND FOR "T" "R" "F" WHICH MEANS TRUE/RANDOM/FALSE, JUST LIKE THEIR ANSWERS. HOLY SHI

    • @ardeleanion4435
      @ardeleanion4435 4 роки тому +11

      Mai bine taceai.

    • @EvanOM
      @EvanOM 4 роки тому +36

      T

    • @kaduleo
      @kaduleo 4 роки тому +59

      Thank you, I'm brazilian, and if wasn't you, I would never realize that

    • @anythingatall1471
      @anythingatall1471 4 роки тому +12

      Obviously

    • @sodafili
      @sodafili 4 роки тому +37

      @@anythingatall1471 not obviously, thats legit hard to finf.

  • @sfaxdan1740
    @sfaxdan1740 5 років тому +312

    Me: *watches video*
    Me: What?
    Me: *re-watches video*
    Me:.....What?

  • @Kehlsteinhaus7
    @Kehlsteinhaus7 7 років тому +1282

    the answer is give each one an artifact, check and see if they are appeased, if not, load from previous save file, and try another combination of artifacts there are 3 artifacts (or sequences) to choose from, should take 4 or 5 tries. then exit planet.

    • @dizzylittleman
      @dizzylittleman 7 років тому +78

      CubeMster I forgot to save...

    • @neet8280
      @neet8280 7 років тому +5

      I already got my companionship badge and my skill tree is at 14

    • @eshan309
      @eshan309 7 років тому +4

      Cooljonny Gamin' Reload the mission.

    • @mohammadmahmoud8135
      @mohammadmahmoud8135 7 років тому

      CubeMster I think I've made a very detailed explanation.

    • @tgonarwhals
      @tgonarwhals 7 років тому +1

      LOL!!!

  • @electric_chris
    @electric_chris 10 місяців тому +15

    I just realised that you could determine which word means "yes" and which word means "no" with your final (fourth) question
    There are several ways to go about this, but the simplest is asking Tee whether or not he is Tee
    Do not add a hypothetical statement to this question, simply ask Tee, "Are you Tee?"
    Since we know the question is true and Tee always answers truthfully, there are only two possible outcomes:
    1) Tee answers "ozo". Therefore, "ozo" means "yes" and "ulu" means "no"
    2) Tee answers "ulu". Therefore, "ulu" means "yes" and "ozo" means "no"

  • @maximvoronkov9743
    @maximvoronkov9743 3 роки тому +3944

    Tee=T=Truth
    Eff=F=False
    Arr=R=Random

  • @DriftingMari
    @DriftingMari 6 років тому +3315

    I just realized that TEE is the first letter in true, EFF in false, and ARR in random.

    • @ava8340
      @ava8340 6 років тому +34

      The Anxious Wiggler
      Ye I realised too

    • @felixlee9645
      @felixlee9645 6 років тому +53

      No s**t sherlock

    • @DriftingMari
      @DriftingMari 6 років тому +92

      Flapjack Lang that’s not a very cash money thing to say

    • @felixlee9645
      @felixlee9645 6 років тому +4

      @@DriftingMari oh f**k you!!!!

    • @DriftingMari
      @DriftingMari 6 років тому +30

      Flapjack Lang nah.

  • @nucleon1793
    @nucleon1793 5 років тому +527

    When you ask the alien lords whether ozo is yes or no
    Alien lords: well yes but actually no

    • @cat1554
      @cat1554 5 років тому +21

      Science Theorizer Well ozo but actually ulu

    • @catserfer4753
      @catserfer4753 4 роки тому

      Good one

    • @KommandoCraftLP
      @KommandoCraftLP 4 роки тому +1

      it is funny how at the end both you and the narrator have forgotten the key premise to this riddle.
      If you would ask Tee (or Eff, doesn't matter actually) the question "If I would ask you, whether Ozo means yes, would you answer Ozo?" and they would actually answer Ozo, then you know that your hypothetical question was true and Ozo really means yes. If they reply with Ulu your question was wrong and Ozo means no:
      "proof":
      suppose O=⊤ (yes/true/top):
      F(F(O=⊤)=O) F(F(⊤=⊤)=⊤) F(F(⊤)=⊤) F(⊥=⊤) F(⊥) ⊤
      suppose O=⊥ (no/false/bottom):
      F(F(O=⊤)=O) F(F(⊥=⊤)=⊤) F(F(⊥)=⊤) F(⊤=⊤) F(⊤) ⊥

    • @KommandoCraftLP
      @KommandoCraftLP 4 роки тому +1

      @Floki fair enough, though from the six rules you are not limited on what to ask the aliens as long as it is a yes or no question, so my proposed question is still one that she could ask. In other versions of this riddle the introduction is done a bit different and the aliens do understand your language, but can only talk in their own. I guess that is where the ambiguity in the rules emerges from. Alternatively you could also ask Tee, after having identified all aliens, if he is Tee and his answer will tell you whether Ozo or Ulu means yes.

    • @encyclopediaamericana7234
      @encyclopediaamericana7234 4 роки тому

      They'd be like: "oh you still don't know?" Lmao!

  • @danielyatziv5151
    @danielyatziv5151 Рік тому +5

    This video predicted Pikmin 4, a dog and an astronaut working together

  • @JBC352
    @JBC352 4 роки тому +432

    Ted-Ed: How can you still figure out which alien is which?
    Me: By waiting for you to tell me the answer in 3, 2, 1...

  • @anonpal8998
    @anonpal8998 7 років тому +3452

    If it were me, i would've presented all the artifacts to them at the same time and let them pick. I am not smart enough for this riddle.

    • @ephemeral5298
      @ephemeral5298 7 років тому +209

      I wouldve just learned their language 100% before asking anything. Seemed like they could learn pretty fast anyways

    • @Ardjamovixch
      @Ardjamovixch 7 років тому +31

      sora ai I thought of the same solution. I bet those aliens know what artifact belongs to each other.

    • @cardsfool
      @cardsfool 7 років тому +48

      But what if one of them lie and take an artifact that isn't theirs and cause a commotion?

    • @Vekcrazah
      @Vekcrazah 7 років тому +47

      The Sportzers then leave while the commotion is going on xD

    • @cardsfool
      @cardsfool 7 років тому +16

      DracoSerpentisCruor HOW the heck would I leave then?

  • @rockdrake3176
    @rockdrake3176 6 років тому +1124

    Just put down the artifacts in front of the three over lords and say in alien:
    “Take the one you want”

    • @SappySoul
      @SappySoul 6 років тому +36

      Unfortunately that is a statement. Not a question.

    • @SappySoul
      @SappySoul 6 років тому +6

      @@anon8510 Well, if it's not a statement, those quotations threw me off.

    • @SappySoul
      @SappySoul 6 років тому +8

      @@anon8510 Hmm, I believe your right actually. An order directs while a statement tells you about a subject. I stand corrected. An Order is what I wanted to say. Thanks.

    • @eater999
      @eater999 6 років тому

      braaainsiogame That's not how wooshing works.

    • @raredrop6872
      @raredrop6872 6 років тому +11

      @@SappySoul then how about.. Could you take what you want? Please?... Ahahha

  • @xxsabv8524
    @xxsabv8524 5 місяців тому +2

    Guys, so basically
    For explanations sake ill use:
    Truth for tee
    False for eff
    Random for Arr
    1. First part:
    Regardless of what ozo and ulu means,
    we can always get *ozo* (from either true or false) as the answer if we were to use the construction:
    “If ____ would you answer ozo”
    And the same for ulu
    By this logic, we’ve established that using the exact question construction above we can always know that ozo = yes. Now set that question construction aside for later use
    2. Second part:
    Question 1:
    use the first question to determine where either truth and false are so that we can ask them the question construct above first part.
    Note that random isnt a problem because we would always have an answer that determines where true or false are and where random isnt in
    If ozo: guy on the right is either true or false
    If ulu: guy on the left is either true or false
    Question 2:
    Since we’ve established that either left or right are true or false ask them the same question construction on part one and identify whom they are between true or false
    Question 3:
    Now that we know who the first alien is (either true or false), we can then ask them where random is with 100% accuracy given (again) the first part question construction.
    And then the last alien would of course be the alien who isnt identified yet

  • @_bunnies_3317
    @_bunnies_3317 5 років тому +3349

    Riddle? Hard
    Me? Confused
    The gods? Unhappy
    Hotel? Trivago

    • @femboyventi
      @femboyventi 5 років тому +2

      Wow..............

    • @_bunnies_3317
      @_bunnies_3317 5 років тому +2

      @@femboyventi lol

    • @femboyventi
      @femboyventi 5 років тому +2

      @@_bunnies_3317 btw I like your profile picture

    • @_bunnies_3317
      @_bunnies_3317 5 років тому +1

      @@femboyventi yeah you too

    • @femboyventi
      @femboyventi 5 років тому +1

      @@_bunnies_3317 😁

  • @rustem830
    @rustem830 5 років тому +566

    problem has been detected and windows has been shutdown to prevent damage to your computer

  • @dk14929
    @dk14929 4 роки тому +400

    When the math teacher has explained the answer multiple times: 4:35

    • @macaroon_nuggets8008
      @macaroon_nuggets8008 4 роки тому +42

      4:36*

    • @in-everything2330
      @in-everything2330 4 роки тому +9

      i love it, i imagine the situation, and the cam zooming in the face is inclusive more perfect

    • @legendaxicad._
      @legendaxicad._ 4 роки тому +1

      I am the math teacher. Ozo = x^2 x pi. No solution. But.... if I told you there was, what would it be, yes or no? Ozo means yes, while ulu means no. This is solved by asking if Tee's name is Tee, and whatever he responds with is yes. By mentioning his name, he will respond truthfully. He responds Ozo, which is now yes. This identifies Tee, and solves for Ozo. Now, you mention Eff and pick a answer where you know if it is yes or no. This finds Eff and can lead to maybe discoveries and other possibilities. You then find Arr, and ask Tee if you this is the correct overlords' names.

    • @sadiefox7225
      @sadiefox7225 4 роки тому

      I died XD

    • @sriranjaniiyer4296
      @sriranjaniiyer4296 4 роки тому +1

      Haha

  • @xarsx1
    @xarsx1 Рік тому +6

    At this point i will be the 4th god on that planet named BEE and mess with other people who get stranded there

  • @shardtheduraludon
    @shardtheduraludon 4 роки тому +2473

    My (very incorrect) answer:
    “Tee, is this artifact yours?”
    “Tee, is this artifact Eff’s?”
    “Tee, is this artifact Arr’s?”
    Hope ozo is yes.

    • @yvetual
      @yvetual 3 роки тому +21

      I hope so too. 😂

    • @dillondebruv8377
      @dillondebruv8377 3 роки тому +62

      But how do you know which one is Tee?

    • @shardtheduraludon
      @shardtheduraludon 3 роки тому +188

      @@dillondebruv8377 Luck

    • @futurefox128
      @futurefox128 3 роки тому +93

      That would be a 1/6 chance: 1/3, that you are talking to Tee times 1/2, that ozo is yes
      (edit: in CASE you get 3 times ozo, so it's actually even worse xD.)
      Now what's funny about that is: if you just randomly shuffled the artifacts and gave them to the aliens, that would also just be a 1/6 chance (ABC, ACB, BAC, BCA, CAB, CBA). So nothing was gained.
      Coincidence? I think ulu ^^

    • @yhaerysthethird6088
      @yhaerysthethird6088 3 роки тому +4

      Yeah well the problem is you dont know who Tee is 😂 but yeab funny joke eitherway

  • @Monochrome2004
    @Monochrome2004 5 років тому +159

    i love how at the end when that narrator says that u still dont know what means and it zooms in on you, you just have this "dead-inside" smile like, screw my existance

    • @Adam-jo3tr
      @Adam-jo3tr 5 років тому +6

      I was aboutta say is no one gonna mention that lmao it was hilarious

  • @superjae7568
    @superjae7568 5 років тому +1796

    2 years and I still don't understand this riddle's explanation

    • @kuanweiwu2414
      @kuanweiwu2414 5 років тому +58

      @Miroslav Mandic Logically, it's possible that Arr give you the same answer for indefinitely many times in a row. So your way is not right. This is a "logical" paradox. You have to come up with a logically necessary solution.

    • @Kogeid
      @Kogeid 5 років тому +51

      @Miroslav Mandic since there's a 50/50 chance, it's not PROBABLE, but certainly it is POSSIBLE. Think of it this way, if you ask arr the same question 10 times, and he answers ozo, ozo, ozo, ulu, ozo, ulu, ulu, ozo, ulu, ulu; and you count how many ozo's and ulu's he answered,it's five each. But inside those 10 times, he repeated ozo 3 times straight. If he casually does this on your 3 chances to question (wich he could, because it's random every time) he would still maintain the 50/50 proportion, but would've answered you 3 times the same thing, so you cannot trust arr to give you different answers every time: randomness of that kind in practice tends to a distribution, but in theory it could be always ozo infinite times, or an least 3 times. You won't be sure, so you shouldn't bet your life on it.

    • @superspies32
      @superspies32 5 років тому +34

      @Miroslav Mandic what happened if the middle is Arr? Ted-Ed don't explain this situation

    • @c0nqu3r3rlol
      @c0nqu3r3rlol 5 років тому +4

      maybe it has something to do with all the fortnite you're playing

    • @superspies32
      @superspies32 5 років тому +1

      c0nqu3r3rlol I’m not playing Fornite, I play Apex Legends

  • @roshan081990
    @roshan081990 2 роки тому +9

    So the part that is confusing is about Ozo being either “Yes” or “No”. But the thing is that doesn’t matter. What is important to know is that receiving Ozo equates to the imbedded question being “True” and receiving Ulu equates to “False”. True and False are not the same as Yes and No, respectively. Hence, the meaning of the words does not matter. So regardless if you ask the question to Tee, Eff or Arr, if you receive Ozo as the answer it means the imbedded question is True and if the answer is Ulu that means it’s False.

    • @MichaelDarrow-tr1mn
      @MichaelDarrow-tr1mn Рік тому +1

      except if you're talking to arr, arr completely skips that and just picks at random

    • @alvedonaren
      @alvedonaren 10 місяців тому +2

      @@MichaelDarrow-tr1mn But the whole point about the first question is to guarantee that you ask the secodn and third questions to someone who isn't Arr. If Arr is on one of the sides then the first question will direct you to the side whe he isn't. If Arr is in the middle then the first question doesn't matter because you're always asking the second and third questions to one of the sides.

  • @khalidc2752
    @khalidc2752 7 років тому +404

    Got my pen and paper ready to work out all the possibilities and then when he mentioned that we do not the word used for 'yes' and 'no', I did not even hesitate or think and just skipped to the solution.

    • @Kaerusss
      @Kaerusss 7 років тому +3

      why didn't you just factor that in and keep trying?

    • @andyskillet
      @andyskillet 7 років тому +1

      SAME!

  • @CubicSagacity
    @CubicSagacity 3 роки тому +476

    Long-winded breakdown of why you don't need to know the exact meaning of "OZO" and "ULU", and why Arr doesn't prevent a solution (the first part is pretty much a reiteration of the video, but at the end I try to explain my understanding of it):
    Tee (T) tells the truth
    Eff (F) tells a lie
    Arr (R) answers randomly
    Question: "If I asked you whether 2+2=4 (known true), would you say 'OZO' (unknown meaning)?"
    IF "OZO" = "Yes" AND "ULU" = "No"
    Answers:
    T: "OZO"
    F: "OZO" (He would say "ULU" to the embedded question, so he denies this and says "OZO".)
    IF "ULU" = "Yes" AND "OZO" = "No"
    Answers:
    T: "OZO"
    F: "OZO" (Yes, he would say "OZO" to the embedded question, so he denies this and says "OZO".)
    Like this:
    - Q to F: "Does 2+2=4?:
    - F: "OZO"
    - Q to F: "If I asked you whether 2+2=4, would you say 'OZO'?"
    - F: "OZO" (Must lie about his previous answer and deny that he WOULD say "OZO", but because "OZO" means "No" in this example, he uses the word "OZO" in order to deny it.)
    Question: "If I asked you whether 2+2=5 (known false), would you say 'OZO' (unknown meaning)?" (Assuming the year is not 1984)
    IF "OZO" = "Yes" AND "ULU" = "No"
    Answers:
    T: "ULU"
    F: "ULU"
    IF "ULU" = "Yes" AND "OZO" = "No"
    Answers:
    T: "ULU"
    F: "ULU"
    Question: "If I asked you whether the overlord on my left is Arr (unknown), would you answer 'OZO' (unknown meaning)?"
    IF "OZO" = "Yes" AND "ULU" = "No", AND Arr IS to the left
    Answers:
    T: "OZO"
    F: "OZO"
    IF "ULU" = "Yes" AND "OZO" = "No", AND Arr IS to the left
    Answers:
    T: "OZO"
    F: "OZO"
    IF "OZO" = "Yes" AND "ULU" = "No", AND Arr IS NOT to the left
    Answers:
    T: "ULU"
    F: "ULU"
    IF "ULU" = "Yes" AND "OZO" = "No", AND Arr IS NOT to the left
    Answers:
    T: "ULU"
    F: "ULU"
    ~
    So you aren't finding out the meaning of the words, but you ARE determining the validity of your embedded question. You know that an answer of "OZO" from Tee or Eff means that the embedded question is true, and an answer of "ULU" from them means that the embedded question is false.
    On to the matter of determining order. Posed to the middle alien, the first question is this: "If I asked you whether the overlord on my left is Arr (unknown), would you answer 'OZO' (unknown meaning)?"
    This question isn't about confirming who IS Arr, it's about confirming who IS NOT Arr.
    If Arr is on either side, the first alien you're talking to must be Tee/Eff and you'd then know for sure where Arr is based on their answer. If Arr is in the middle, then the answer he gives would still point you in the correct direction because he ISN'T on either side. If Arr says "OZO" randomly, you would now be choosing between left and middle alien. If Arr says "ULU" randomly, you would be choosing between right and middle alien. Either way, you've determined the two spots where Arr COULD be and, more importantly, the one where he definitely COULDN'T be.
    Originally, I was confused because it seemed like this solution required starting with Tee/Eff for sure, and already knowing which side Arr is on so you can formulate your question accordingly and know that you wouldn't be getting a random answer. However, getting a random answer isn't as much of a wrench in the works as I first thought, because that in itself can be used to make an elimination as Arr can't be in two places at once.
    I'm not claiming to be an expert logician or anything and I admit that I could definitely be wrong, but that's my understanding of this riddle. In my opinion, the hardest part to understand is the fact that Arr answering randomly doesn't prevent you from being able to find the correct answer, so I decided to post how I worked through it in case it might be a help to anyone else. :)

    • @neelsharma3962
      @neelsharma3962 3 роки тому +41

      i dint understand a thing lol

    • @diegozinedine514
      @diegozinedine514 3 роки тому +28

      I aint reading all of that lol

    • @JustAnotherHumanBeing980
      @JustAnotherHumanBeing980 3 роки тому +31

      Tysmm originally i didn’t understand a thing but now i understand a bit :))
      But you’re right the hardest part to understand is the fact that Arr answering randomly doesn’t prevent u from being able to find the correct answer - i still don’t understand (going crazy rn 😫😫😫)

    • @CubicSagacity
      @CubicSagacity 3 роки тому +5

      @@JustAnotherHumanBeing980 I know! It's crazy how hard it is to make one's brain work through it 😂
      I would say the two biggest things are that:
      1) Tee or Eff answering with "OZO" for sure means your embedded question is true, while an answer of "ULU" from Tee or Eff for sure means the embedded question is false
      2) Arr can't be in two places at once. If Arr is in the middle and he answers your question randomly, he's telling you that Arr is not on a certain side, which is true because you're talking to him right now in the middle. While this information may come in the form of him lying and saying Arr IS located on a certain side, that still gets you in the correct direction because you've eliminated a position where he couldn't be either way. (If, answering randomly, he indicates that Arr is on the left, you'll eliminate the possibility of him being on the right. It is true that he is not on the right: he is currently in the middle.) And if you're talking to Tee/Eff in the middle, then your problems are solved anyway hahah
      Maybe that helped a little? Hopefully it did 😅

    • @JustAnotherHumanBeing980
      @JustAnotherHumanBeing980 3 роки тому +3

      @@CubicSagacity hmmm...🧐 I’m still working on it, thanks for the explanation tho :)

  • @skycrayne2726
    @skycrayne2726 4 роки тому +674

    Me: I understand
    My Brain: oooooh he lyin

    • @Hensley_Jb
      @Hensley_Jb 4 роки тому +4

      Chocobabe thanks for trying

    • @legendaxicad._
      @legendaxicad._ 4 роки тому

      Ozo = x^2 x pi. No solution. But.... if I told you there was, what would it be, yes or no? Ozo means yes, while ulu means no. This is solved by asking if Tee's name is Tee, and whatever he responds with is yes. By mentioning his name, he will respond truthfully. He responds Ozo, which is now yes. This identifies Tee, and solves for Ozo. Now, you mention Eff and pick a answer where you know if it is yes or no. This finds Eff and can lead to maybe discoveries and other possibilities. You then find Arr, and ask Tee if you this is the correct overlords' names.

    • @commandercaptain4664
      @commandercaptain4664 4 роки тому

      @Chocobabe Or you could just watch a limited version of this riddle used in _Laybrinth_

    • @afnanmk3760
      @afnanmk3760 4 роки тому

      ki bole na bole egula

  • @dhruvt1989
    @dhruvt1989 Рік тому +8

    Took me half an hour on a whiteboard with marker, but I am thorough with all the steps and feeling happy.

  • @getspaded
    @getspaded 5 років тому +847

    "A double positive always equals a positive."
    *_yeah, right._*

    • @WaltDisini
      @WaltDisini 5 років тому +14

      You’re a ( + + ) person!

    • @mauijttewaal
      @mauijttewaal 4 роки тому +38

      but there are languages where a double negative is still a negative;)

    • @yousillygoose6958
      @yousillygoose6958 4 роки тому +5

      Two or more positives (+) stay a positive. Two or more negatives go to positive. One negative and one or more positives is a negative.

    • @getspaded
      @getspaded 4 роки тому +2

      @Houdini Papaini Troll Brub it was a joke

    • @mauijttewaal
      @mauijttewaal 4 роки тому

      @@getspaded learnrussianstepbystep.com/en/double-negative/

  • @nsTurkish
    @nsTurkish 4 роки тому +459

    Girl: if I asked you whether the overload on my left is Arr, would you answer ‘OZO’?
    Alien: ...wait what ?

    • @fathan2025
      @fathan2025 4 роки тому +12

      Alien : what is the question again, its to fast... hmmmmm ,to bad ,minus 1.

    • @deveshmahajan4151
      @deveshmahajan4151 4 роки тому +3

      Wait Wha----
      KOREGA Requiem DA

    • @sribaka
      @sribaka 4 роки тому +2

      Alien: give me 3 seconds

  • @HeadCannon19
    @HeadCannon19 4 роки тому +160

    Me before clicking in this video: *I probably won’t be able to solve this but I’ll try*
    Video: “this is the hardest logic puzzle ever”
    Me: *well s****

    • @legendaxicad._
      @legendaxicad._ 4 роки тому +1

      Ozo = x^2 x pi. No solution. But.... if I told you there was, what would it be, yes or no? Ozo means yes, while ulu means no. This is solved by asking if Tee's name is Tee, and whatever he responds with is yes. By mentioning his name, he will respond truthfully. He responds Ozo, which is now yes. This identifies Tee, and solves for Ozo. Now, you mention Eff and pick a answer where you know if it is yes or no. This finds Eff and can lead to maybe discoveries and other possibilities. You then find Arr, and ask Tee if you this is the correct overlords' names. I solved it.

    • @jiazeng6485
      @jiazeng6485 4 роки тому

      👁👄👁 I still don’t understand lol.

  • @Lord.alucarD
    @Lord.alucarD 6 місяців тому +3

    For anyone who still doesn't get it:
    You are asking the guy in the middle a question, assume it's either Tee or Eff and we'll deal with Arr later.
    You ask: If I asked you "Is the guy on the left Arr" would you say ozo?
    If you are talking to Tee
    -if the guy on the left is truly Arr
    -If ozo means yes, Tee would say ozo as in Yes, I would answer yes.
    -If ozo means no, Tee would say ozo as in No, I wouldn't answer no.
    -If the guy on the left is not Arr
    -If ulu means yes, Tee would say ulu as in Yes, I would say no (ozo means no in the case and it's true because the guy is not Arr)
    -If ulu means no, Tee would say ulu as in No, I wouldn't answer yes (because he wouldn't lie)
    If you are talking to Eff
    -If the guy on the left is Arr
    -If ozo means yes, Eff would say ozo as in Yes, I would answer yes (he wouldn't, but that's the point, he lies)
    -If ozo means no, Eff would say ozo as in No, I wouldn't say no (he would, again he lies)
    -If the guy on the left is not Arr
    -If ulu means yes, Eff would say ulu as in Yes, I would answer no (because now ozo means no, but he wouldn't say no because then it's not a lie)
    -If ulu means no, Eff would say ulu as in No, I wouldn't answer yes (he would because that would be the lie)
    So there you can see how if you formulate the first question: If i asked you "Is the guy in the left Arr" would you answer ozo?
    Then both Tee and Eff would say ozo if it's Arr on the left, also both would say ulu if it's not the guy on the left. So you simply go to the other guy (if you know it's Arr on the left go to the one on the right, if its not the one on the left go him).
    Now you may wonder, what if Arr is in the middle? Well then it doesn't matter, simply follow the instructions above and no matter what answers you get and to which god you end up it will not be Arr, which is what you are trying to achive.
    Next question: If I asked you "Are you Eff" would you answer ozo?
    If you are talking with Eff
    -If ozo means yes, Eff would say ozo as in Yes, I would say yes (but he wouldn't because he would lie)
    -If ozo means no, Eff would say ozo as in No, I wouldn't say no (but he would because that's the lie)
    If you are talking to Tee
    -If ozo means yes, Tee would say ulu as in No, I wouldn't say yes (because he doesn't lie)
    -if ozo means no, Tee would say ulu as in Yes, I would say no (because he is not Eff and he wouldn't lie)
    So, now you see the meanings of ozo and ulu don't matter, if you get an answer ozo you are talking to Eff, if you get an answer ulu you are talking to Tee.
    Now knowing wether you will get lies or truths simply ask: If I asked you "Is the guy in the middle Arr" would you say ozo?
    If it is Arr in the middle
    -If you know you are talking to Eff
    -If ozo means yes, Eff would say ozo as in Yes, I would say yes (he wouldn't)
    -If ozo means no, Eff would say ozo as in No, I wouldn't say no (but he would)
    -If you know you are talking to Tee
    -if ozo means yes, Tee would say ozo as in Yes, I would say yes
    -if ozo means no, Tee would say ozo as in No, I wouldn't say no
    If Arr is not the one in the middle
    -If you know you are talking to Eff
    -If ozo means yes, Eff would say ulu as in No, I wouldn't yes (but he would)
    -if ozo means no, Eff would say ulu as in Yes, I would say no (but he wouldn't)
    -If you know you are talking to Tee
    -If ozo means yes, Tee would say ulu as in No, I wouldn't say yes (he wouldn't lie)
    -if ozo means no, Tee would say ulu as in Yes, I would say no (because now ozo means no)
    So now if you get an answer ozo, that means Arr is in the middle. If the answer is ulu, Arr is the third god.
    Since you already know wether you are speaking to Tee or Eff and you know who Arr is, now you will know who the last god is.

  • @kabobdole9737
    @kabobdole9737 4 роки тому +777

    Alien gods: You may ask three 'yes or no' questions
    Me: Can we get an Eff in chat?

  • @200919491952
    @200919491952 4 роки тому +519

    I love at the end when the narrator says “Too bad you still don’t know what that means”, and the girl looks so... crazy

    • @jashanestone
      @jashanestone 3 роки тому +2

      Most people 👀👀👀
      But always and continuesly in denial. Until they speak or comment. 👀👀👀 ✅✅✅💯😂😂😂

    • @violetvixen42
      @violetvixen42 3 роки тому +1

      Right? She looks like she's about to go kill somebody 😆😲

    • @hazylush9913
      @hazylush9913 3 роки тому +4

      Narrator: “Too bad you still don’t know what that means”
      The hooman: "Guess I'll kill someone"

  • @ongbonga9025
    @ongbonga9025 5 років тому +1559

    I only see two aliens.
    The girl and the dog.
    Do I win a prize?

  • @snoozymac2377
    @snoozymac2377 2 роки тому +31

    step 1: leave
    step 2: get a degree in english teaching
    step 3: teach "yes" and "no" to the overlords
    step 4: overlords are satisfied and let you leave
    step 5: oh wait a second

    • @lauren9536
      @lauren9536 Рік тому

      "are the overlords satisfied?"
      ozo

    • @anang6411
      @anang6411 3 місяці тому

      Ulu

    • @j.a.barchey7790
      @j.a.barchey7790 2 місяці тому

      Too bad you still don't know what that means

  • @coffeewolf5789
    @coffeewolf5789 4 роки тому +2012

    1. Confirm you have green eyes.
    2. Ask the overlords to let you leave.

    • @rainmacagaan9497
      @rainmacagaan9497 4 роки тому +89

      @koko night roma r/whoosh

    • @kirbyquartz5609
      @kirbyquartz5609 4 роки тому +14

      Nope. Correct video. Idk what @koko night roma is talking about.

    • @kirbyquartz5609
      @kirbyquartz5609 4 роки тому +4

      @DaRainbowGuy 23 Oops I see it as a joke now

    • @jrod9647
      @jrod9647 4 роки тому +6

      i keep seeing these kinds of jokes that I can't even find these funny anymore

    • @kirbyquartz5609
      @kirbyquartz5609 4 роки тому +14

      @@jrod9647 There’s another riddle where u have to confirm u have green eyes so u can ask to leave without the possibility of being thrown into a volcano. This video is commonly referenced because it has a silly plot.

  • @mortalwombat9223
    @mortalwombat9223 7 років тому +3249

    my brain hurts

  • @epitaphboi4816
    @epitaphboi4816 4 роки тому +352

    “So How hard do you want the riddle to be?’’
    “Ozo”

    • @Hans5958
      @Hans5958 4 роки тому +2

      @@idkthistree The answer of the question is left as an exercise to the reader.

    • @eriksantos418
      @eriksantos418 4 роки тому

      I think Ozo is Yes

    • @BubbotCentral
      @BubbotCentral 4 роки тому

      Ulu is yes

    • @YukioTaksuki
      @YukioTaksuki 3 роки тому

      Ozo is no i think

    • @fa3il_5air72
      @fa3il_5air72 3 роки тому

      This question is not (yes or no) question, which means you'll not answer by yes or no in the first place

  • @Multi1
    @Multi1 2 місяці тому +2

    Correction: You can ask Tee what ulu and ozo mean by asking them a question you both know the answer to. If the answer is a yes or no right answer, Tee will confirm one, which will confirm the other word from the process of elimination.

  • @saitamasenpai230
    @saitamasenpai230 7 років тому +2080

    Wait... What?

    • @AirIUnderwater
      @AirIUnderwater 7 років тому +81

      Please give me the solution in 20 words or less.

    • @rostin6864
      @rostin6864 7 років тому +12

      It's all in the language of the question. Ur question starts with IF I asked you (question) would you say OZO? And by actually inserting the word OZO into the question you never need to know whether OZO is yes or no.

    • @RandomGuy666100
      @RandomGuy666100 7 років тому +19

      +Rostin, but because we can't know who Arr is, the logic seems to break down unless I'm missing something. Our first question tries to get yes and no, but the next question seems to need that information.

    • @zawadikagira
      @zawadikagira 7 років тому

      i have a tshirt just like ur dp

    • @austinherbst6412
      @austinherbst6412 7 років тому +5

      If you know who Tee and Eff are, then you know the remaining is Arr. I haven't watched the rest of it, I'm stuck at the "figure it out yourself" part, and I think it revolves around asking Tee 2 questions, and Eff 1 question.
      More study required.
      So apparently my theory wasn't right. I didn't know we were doing loaded questions, I just figured it was a simple "are you eff" and corroborating the answers from there.

  • @rinrxl
    @rinrxl 4 роки тому +772

    "You have deciphered enough of their language to ask them any three questions.
    *Except, you don't know the two simplest words to learn in every single language, yes and no."*

    • @Inkyminkyzizwoz
      @Inkyminkyzizwoz 3 роки тому +95

      There is an alternative version of this puzzle which says that they can understand you but will only answer in their own language, which is much more plausible

    • @DanksterPaws
      @DanksterPaws 3 роки тому +14

      Well not all languages even have a yes or no, Chinese for example (Mandarin)

    • @aadilbansal2067
      @aadilbansal2067 3 роки тому +4

      @@DanksterPaws Yep. Latin also has no word for yes or no

    • @alexkiimilku
      @alexkiimilku 3 роки тому +3

      @@DanksterPaws isn't it 对 and 错?

    • @fushirotsubaki
      @fushirotsubaki 3 роки тому +6

      @@DanksterPaws In fact, it has. 是/yes 否/no

  • @croontoonz1086
    @croontoonz1086 3 роки тому +260

    "this riddle has been called the hardest logic puzzle ever"
    My brain cells: I'm gonna head out

    • @jeneusschneider243
      @jeneusschneider243 3 роки тому +2

      its simple you just ask: all three lords, are you the true lord? and the two that have the same answer if ozo or ulu are true and false one and you work out that the other is random. then that answer they replied with either ozo or ulu is yes.
      so you ask a question that you know the answer to for example: is 1 + 1 = 2,
      the one that replies with the same answer as the last question is tee and the one that has a different answer is eff and the other is arr.

    • @sane6090
      @sane6090 3 роки тому +3

      @@jeneusschneider243 Yo can only ask 3 three question and is to only one lord each

    • @krishnaasenthil9894
      @krishnaasenthil9894 2 роки тому

      @@jeneusschneider243 you can only ask 3 questions in total to each lord

    • @artful__4
      @artful__4 10 місяців тому

      Well, ozo, but actually ulu.
      Side note: I hope ozo means no.

  • @grzegorzszczepanski5734
    @grzegorzszczepanski5734 8 місяців тому +2

    This is how ChatGPT have answered question about my solution::
    ChatGPT.
    Your analysis is astute. While the rules specify the nature of the answers (truthful or deceitful), they don't explicitly mandate that a Lord must always provide a response. As such, your solution, which utilizes a question that forces no answer, is a valid interpretation of the rules. It's an inventive approach that the puzzle's designer may not have anticipated but doesn't violate the rules as they're defined. Your solution demonstrates creative thinking and a thorough understanding of the puzzle's constraints.

  • @phantrash2938
    @phantrash2938 7 років тому +1255

    everyone is having very intelligent discussions in the comment section while i'm literally like wtf

    • @mikrokosmos-pluto
      @mikrokosmos-pluto 7 років тому +22

      Phan Trash You're not alone, man. *Taps your shoulder* You're not alone.

    • @AJ-qv1kv
      @AJ-qv1kv 7 років тому +10

      I literally did not follow that at all, good thing I'm not alone

    • @grtwhtbnr
      @grtwhtbnr 7 років тому +2

      The one saying "no" or lying, realizes he is lying and tells the truth. Seriously.
      Is 2+2=4?
      Truth - yes
      Liar - no...but realizes he is lying so says "yes" for some reason

    • @hardcoregayyaoilover
      @hardcoregayyaoilover 7 років тому +2

      since he lies, he lies to himself...?

    • @arcuesfanatic
      @arcuesfanatic 7 років тому +12

      If asked "If I asked you if 2+2=4, would you respond 'ozo'?", it doesn't matter what "ozo" and "ulu" actually mean. Tee's response would be straight forward. If "ozo" meant yes, he would truthfully reply "yes", since he would in fact say yes to the condition. Eff, however would actually respond no to the condition, due to him always lying. So since he would actually respond "no", he instead responds "yes" to being asked if he would respond "yes" to the question. This means in either case, they would both respond "ozo", since we assume here "ozo" means "yes."
      Let's assume instead that "ozo" means "no." In that case Tee, who would normally respond "yes" to the condition, responds "no", since he would not say "no" to the condition. Eff, on the other hand, would normally say "no" to the condition. Therefore, if asked if he would respond "no", he would lie and say "no" to the question, since he actually would say "no" to the condition. Either way, the would still respond "ozo" to the question, based on our assumption.
      Because of all of this, no matter if we ask Tee or Eff, or if "ozo" means "yes" or "no", both of them will respond "ozo" if the condition is true, and "ulu" if the condition is false. This doesn't help us with Arr, since his response is random, but that's what the rest of the video is for.

  • @mr.tambourine739
    @mr.tambourine739 3 роки тому +4148

    "Can you solve the three gods riddle?"
    *man i don't even understand the solution*

    • @Ng1Brad
      @Ng1Brad 3 роки тому +43

      So both tee and eff would answer ozo if the statement in the question is true, and would answer ulu if the statement was false, that way they can rule out one alien that isn’t arr, and asks for their identify and phrase the 3rd question based on the known identity.

    • @Hange.
      @Hange. 3 роки тому +5

      @@Ng1Brad what if they actually ask arr and tee/eff?

    • @Ng1Brad
      @Ng1Brad 3 роки тому +20

      @@Hange. If you asked arr the first question, it wouldn't matter what his answer is because the purpose of the 1st question is to find who you're 100% sure isn't arr based on their response.

    • @Ng1Brad
      @Ng1Brad 3 роки тому +62

      @@Hange.
      If "statement is true", would you answer ozo?
      Assuming ozo means yes:
      Tee: Statement is true, so ozo.
      Eff: Statement is true, but eff will give false answer, so he would have answered ulu to the statement, but the point of the question isn't whether the statement is true or false, it's on which answer they'll give, since eff will answer ulu, he changes the answer to ozo.
      Assuming ozo means no:
      Tee: Tee would've answered yes (ulu) it's true, so he answers no (ozo).
      Eff: Eff would've answer no (ozo), so his truthful answer would be ulu to the entire question, eff being eff he changes the answer to ozo.
      Now if "statement is false", would you answer ozo?
      If ozo means yes:
      Tee would say no (ulu) because it's false.
      Eff would say ozo to the statement, so when he's asked if he would answer ozo, he falsifies and answers ulu.
      If ozo means no:
      Tee answers ulu (yes) because the statement is false.
      Eff would say ulu to the statement, so when asked if he would answer ozo, he falsifies and answers ulu.
      From both scenarios we can conclude that if the statement is true, tee and eff would answer ozo (same answer you include in your whole question), if it's false, they'll both answer ulu (different answer in your whole question). Then you can work your statements around eliminating arr, so you can get straight forward answers from either Tee or eff.

    • @Hange.
      @Hange. 3 роки тому +28

      @@Ng1Brad I still didn't actually understand it but ok😅😅 it's night so maybe my mind isn't working or I just have to ask someone who speaks same language as mine.. but thank you so so much for taking your time to explain it to me💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

  • @sleepingbag968
    @sleepingbag968 5 років тому +658

    Girl: **masters alien language**
    *also forgets which is no and yes*

    • @legreatpotato8888
      @legreatpotato8888 4 роки тому +4

      She didnt pay attention to the basic and only paid attention to the harder words

    • @pascallaw5909
      @pascallaw5909 4 роки тому

      Just like I know what Götterdammerung means but don't know how to say "car" in German.

    • @footfungus5724
      @footfungus5724 4 роки тому

      Pascal Law I think it’s auto

    • @pascallaw5909
      @pascallaw5909 4 роки тому

      @@footfungus5724 Yeah it is. Das Auto.

  • @erikm8373
    @erikm8373 8 місяців тому +4

    Gotta wonder how an alien got to be an overlord by giving a random answer to every question it's asked.

  • @astrid.00.7
    @astrid.00.7 4 роки тому +664

    I would ask the middle alien: "If I were to ask Arr if he is Tee, would he say ozo?" Neither a liar nor a truth-teller could answer for sure, since they could not predict his random answer with completely true or false certainty. If he did answer ozo or ulu, then I'd know it was Arr...otherwise, the other two would be stuck in a logical hyper loop and be unable to answer. If he was silent. I'd ask him "If I were to ask Tee if he were Eff, would he say ozo? If he said ozo, then I'd know I was talking to Eff. If he said ulu, then I'd know I was talking to Tee. Then I'd know which question to ask to find out who was on his left; and figure out by process of elimination who was on his right.

    • @legendaxicad._
      @legendaxicad._ 4 роки тому +13

      Ozo = x^2 x pi. No solution. But.... if I told you there was, what would it be, yes or no? Ozo means yes, while ulu means no. This is solved by asking if Tee's name is Tee, and whatever he responds with is yes. By mentioning his name, he will respond truthfully. He responds Ozo, which is now yes. This identifies Tee, and solves for Ozo. Now, you mention Eff and pick a answer where you know if it is yes or no. This finds Eff and can lead to maybe discoveries and other possibilities. You then find Arr, and ask Tee if you this is the correct overlords' names.

    • @legendaxicad._
      @legendaxicad._ 4 роки тому +5

      @Alexandra Masella I think it is for both. Intellectuals, like me, I solved this in like thirty seconds, would want to see if they can still do this.

    • @viethuongvothai686
      @viethuongvothai686 4 роки тому +35

      Master HD problem is… you are only allowed 3 questions, also how do you know which one is tee to ask him what’s his name?

    • @cnisp7198
      @cnisp7198 4 роки тому +6

      but thats not a yes or no question, it has to be one

    • @nornorrawan527
      @nornorrawan527 4 роки тому +58

      As far as I'm concerned, this is a lot better solution than that in the vdo since TedEd's solution only works on the condition that you were lucky enough that the first alien you asked wasn't R. Otherwise, your question would be useless.

  • @serbianspaceforce6873
    @serbianspaceforce6873 6 років тому +841

    If I asked you "Is Mitochondria the powerhouse of the cell" would you respond "Ozo"?

  • @kiku000
    @kiku000 7 років тому +238

    "too bad you still don't know what that means" *shows the face of someone dying inside*

    • @gabrielegenota1480
      @gabrielegenota1480 6 років тому +6

      cactie The joke is that if Ozo means yes or no, it still means that the Earth is far away

    • @zangetsu.
      @zangetsu. 6 років тому +1

      :/ I see this. You don’t upload at ALL

    • @kiku000
      @kiku000 6 років тому +1

      hey man sometimes im just too lazy to upload

  • @Nexitec
    @Nexitec 8 місяців тому +3

    seven years ago this was made, yet i still come back to it once in a while to remember the solution

    • @777LasVias
      @777LasVias 7 місяців тому

      do you forget it?

  • @44almm
    @44almm 7 років тому +608

    trick question, as i am on their planet the only alien is me

  • @General_Ace
    @General_Ace 6 років тому +2047

    Wait so, do the aliens explode your face off if you give them the wrong artifact? Because you could just give the artifacts to each one and switch them if the aliens are not happy.

    • @abbydeluca5008
      @abbydeluca5008 6 років тому +146

      Well I guess I don’t need this video anymore.

    • @gingeas
      @gingeas 6 років тому +185

      common sense > odd flex

    • @MandrakeGuy
      @MandrakeGuy 6 років тому +37

      "the only way off"
      i guess they wont fix it

    • @justinlee3406
      @justinlee3406 6 років тому +89

      How can you decifer a entire language besides yes or no

    • @WONDERHO111
      @WONDERHO111 5 років тому +1

      *666*

  • @bijauntahery71
    @bijauntahery71 7 років тому +328

    I would like to die in space. Thank you.

    • @ambience5037
      @ambience5037 7 років тому +1

      😂😂😂😂

    • @sanidhyatahiliani6797
      @sanidhyatahiliani6797 7 років тому +1

      I'd rather risk and go on with the probability of 1/27 and give the artefacts randomly.

  • @Butterflygirl659
    @Butterflygirl659 Рік тому +2

    for the last question you should ask tee: is 2+2 4? if he anwsers ozo you know ozo means yes if he anwsers ulu you know ulu means yes, that would be more useful than knowing if there is a long way to earth cuz you should know that if you traveled from there.

  • @vihaanmisra8653
    @vihaanmisra8653 7 років тому +1142

    Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell

    • @aka_nox
      @aka_nox 6 років тому +5

      Vihaan Misra DUDE! TAKE THE PRIZE xD

    • @maybe1637
      @maybe1637 6 років тому +5

      Vihaan Misra wrong channel
      This aint darkk mane

    • @MrCinnamonWhale
      @MrCinnamonWhale 6 років тому +5

      This meme must never die

    • @paulangelomacaraeg4994
      @paulangelomacaraeg4994 6 років тому +3

      Produces energy cell from other cell

    • @GoldTheAngel
      @GoldTheAngel 6 років тому +5

      Photosynthesis only occurs in plants.

  • @LebaneseTroll
    @LebaneseTroll 4 роки тому +122

    *Simple Explanation:*
    If I say 2+2 = 4, would you have answered ozo?
    • If ozo = yes
    T: yes I would answer ozo (yes) bc 2+2 =4
    F: i f you asked 2+2= 4 would've said ulu (no), so since I gotta lie to you about what I would've said, I'm gonna say ozo
    • If ozo = no so ulu = yes: same thing but they'd both say ulu
    T: no I wouldn't say ozo bc the statement is wrong
    F: well yeah I would've said yes, but since I wanna lie to you about what I would've said, I'll say ulu
    So T & F will confirm your statement.
    • If R is in the middle and you ask him if the one on his left is R then whatever he says doesn't matter. But he'd be in the middle. So the one on the left isn't R.
    • If the middle one isn't R, they'll either confirm or deny your statement that R is the one on his left. Hence you'll know for eg here that R is on the right.
    Either way, he's either in the middle or where that alien told you he is. So you just ask the opposite sided alien about his identity. He'll confirm your statement insinuating that he is or isn't T or F.
    Then you ask him basically to confirm your statement about which alien is in the middle

    • @astarajarvis9965
      @astarajarvis9965 4 роки тому +12

      If both F and T give the same answer then how does that help know if 1) the statement is true or false or 2) which alien I am talking to? That question would not have given me any useful information. Especially if I accidentally asked it of R.

    • @LebaneseTroll
      @LebaneseTroll 4 роки тому +4

      @@astarajarvis9965 you're asking "if I tell you 2+2 =4, would you say ozo?" So basically you know that the statement is true and both will answer yes so whatever they say will mean "true"
      2) you're only talking to the first alien so you can talk to another one and make sure he's not R. Basically you just ask the guy in the middle about the one to his left, then you ask the one to his left if his statement is true. If one of them is R, you'll get your statement verified by the other one

    • @thichinhphan4010
      @thichinhphan4010 4 роки тому +9

      Tbh your explanation is easiest among youtube comments to understand for me, but it's because the particular way of your writing. Thank you. Ultimately this riddle it boils down to semantics, since I have troubles getting the part where Eff says the same thing as Tee regardless of the meanings of Ozo/Ulu.

    • @Alnora
      @Alnora 4 роки тому +3

      Ahh! It's the double negative that's throwing people off, I think. It was for me anyway. "No, I would not say no" is an indirect affirmative. It's saying "yes" without actually saying it. Pretty sneaky, sis.

    • @amartyanjankumar3492
      @amartyanjankumar3492 4 роки тому

      it means that r says the false and lie

  • @Oof-th5hz
    @Oof-th5hz 4 роки тому +442

    Ted ed: "2+2 is 4"
    Me: *Minus 1 that's three quicks mafs*

    • @AsheshDubey
      @AsheshDubey 4 роки тому +16

      Man's Not Hot

    • @legendaxicad._
      @legendaxicad._ 4 роки тому +1

      Ozo = x^2 x pi. No solution. But.... if I told you there was, what would it be, yes or no? Ozo means yes, while ulu means no. This is solved by asking if Tee's name is Tee, and whatever he responds with is yes. By mentioning his name, he will respond truthfully. He responds Ozo, which is now yes. This identifies Tee, and solves for Ozo. Now, you mention Eff and pick a answer where you know if it is yes or no. This finds Eff and can lead to maybe discoveries and other possibilities. You then find Arr, and ask Tee if you this is the correct overlords' names.

    • @Smoke---
      @Smoke--- 4 роки тому +1

      Every day mans on the block
      Smoke trees

    • @anih9679
      @anih9679 4 роки тому

      GILHFX

    • @fa3il_5air72
      @fa3il_5air72 3 роки тому

      @@legendaxicad._ You have to determine which is Tee, after that you have one question (the first to determine one is not Arr and the second to determine the determined not Arr is whether Tee or Eff) with the last question to know which of Ulu and Ozo is no or yes, then you will not be able to know the rest of them

  • @Leventoi
    @Leventoi Рік тому +1

    Here is the logic puzzle and the solution in mathematical terms:
    Let T, F, and R denote Tee, Eff, and Arr, respectively. Let p(x) denote the truth value of a statement x, where p(x) = 1 if x is true and p(x) = 0 if x is false.
    Since Tee's answers are always true, p(T) = 1. Since Eff's answers are always false, p(F) = 0. The truth value of Arr's answers is random and can be represented by a random variable X with the uniform distribution on {0,1}.
    Given the three questions Q1, Q2, Q3, we can represent the answers of each alien as the following random variables:
    A1 = p(Q1 | T)
    A2 = p(Q2 | F)
    A3 = p(Q3 | R)
    We can use the following strategy to determine the values of p(ozo) and p(ulu):
    Ask any alien a question to which you know the answer, for example, "Are you Tee?"
    Let's assume the answer is "ozo." Then ask another question to another alien, "Is 'ozo' a positive response?"
    Let's say the answer is "ozo." Then p(ozo) = 1 and p(ulu) = 0. If the answer is "ulu," then p(ozo) = 0 and p(ulu) = 1.
    Now that we know the values of p(ozo) and p(ulu), we can determine the truth values of each alien by asking yes or no questions to each of them and comparing their answers to p(ozo).
    (Courtesy of ChatGPT)

  • @Phalxxx
    @Phalxxx 6 років тому +2004

    There's a big problem here - you've identified each overlord correctly, but you're out of questions, and you didn't ask which artifact each wants.

    • @wiksolop72
      @wiksolop72 6 років тому +347

      Phalxxx don't worry about the artifacts. They're just a pointless complication to the original riddle. The purpose of the riddle was to identify who was who.

    • @damyhueca2952
      @damyhueca2952 6 років тому +72

      I would worry, how are they going to fix my ship, but jokes aside, I don't quite get it, even after reading some of the comments!

    • @whatisbow2865
      @whatisbow2865 6 років тому +7

      Damy HueCa
      It's hard to grasp. But numbers should make it easier to understand. Learn about computer programming and logic.

    • @vismaydharod313
      @vismaydharod313 6 років тому +1

      Phalxxx you know that

    • @thesoloplayer7685
      @thesoloplayer7685 6 років тому +25

      Phalxxx
      Doesn't it bother how they understand the whole English language but won't speak in English language ?

  • @headfoot1529
    @headfoot1529 4 роки тому +429

    Or alternatively I'd just ask the three of them the following question:
    "Is this statement false?"
    Two of them will have their head explode, the surviving one would be arr, problem solved

  • @Narutendo3
    @Narutendo3 7 років тому +692

    Even just understanding the entire explanation is extremely difficult. Took me a while.

    • @riyaashraf2784
      @riyaashraf2784 7 років тому +1

      GlacialTempestX is there any mistake in the explanation?

    • @nirolf12
      @nirolf12 7 років тому +10

      Yep, kinda. Seems like the riddle is based on the assumption that either Tee or Eff are in the middle

    • @alexreignz1
      @alexreignz1 7 років тому +5

      There is a major mistake . Without an understanding of what ulu or ozo means you can’t know whether it means yes or no . Since you can only ask 3 questions, and using the questions he used , you wouldn’t be able to figure out what ulu or ozo mean and therefore cannot figure out the identities of the aliens

    • @VinceMounts
      @VinceMounts 7 років тому +12

      They kind of breeze through that part but it's not true they assumed Tee or Eff are in the middle. Asking Alien#2: "If I asked you 'is Alien #1 Arr' would you say 'ozo'" . Assume they say ozo to this question. Two cases cover all possibilities : alien #2 is Arr so, "#1 not Arr, #2 is Arr, #3 not Arr", or alien #2 isn't arr but alien #1 is (since ozo is only said when the embedded question is true) "#1 is Arr, #2 not Arr, #3 not Arr". So those are all the possible case but notice in *both* of them #3 not Arr! Similar logic can be applied if the answer to our question is ulu but in that case we'll know #1 not Arr. Either way we now know one alien that definitely isn't Arr!

    • @BidiguiloChefao
      @BidiguiloChefao 7 років тому +1

      alex reignz he made a mistake, you should ask a alien does 1 + 1 = 2

  • @ricksimon9867
    @ricksimon9867 3 роки тому +861

    Usually, this riddle is explained by simplifying it first: you only have two aliens, Tee and Eff, and you know what "yes" or "no" means. From there you get to, "what would your partner say if I asked ..." And then you can make it more complicated step by step.

    • @nyanSynxPHOENIX
      @nyanSynxPHOENIX 3 роки тому +60

      This actually is a better explanation. I feel like they should have made more time for the explanation.

    • @victoriapulcifer6218
      @victoriapulcifer6218 3 роки тому +56

      So basically, the two door guards riddle with extra steps.

    • @ChoppyMemes_
      @ChoppyMemes_ 3 роки тому +4

      Victoria Pulcifer this is what I thought of

    • @ChoppyMemes_
      @ChoppyMemes_ 3 роки тому +3

      Giochay77 assuming you’re talking about the 2 guys riddle where one always tells the truth and one always lies, you only get one question and you don’t know who is standing in front of what thing. You have to ask a question that will give you the right choice, no matter who you ask.

    • @giochay77
      @giochay77 2 роки тому +1

      @@ChoppyMemes_ yes that the one