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Can you come up with a better story to go along with the unexpected hanging paradox?

Asked by LostInParadise (31905points) November 24th, 2012

If you are not already familiar with it, here is the unexpected hanging paradox for your erudition and evelasting frustration.

I prefer the version of the paradox where a teacher says that a quiz will be given some day in the next week, but the teacher does not say what day it will be. What I liike about this is that it can be given a practical twist. If the students know the day of the quiz then they can cram for it the night before. I have never seen this version of the paradox expressed in that way. I think that talking in terms of something that can have consequences gets rid of a lot of nonsense like talking about the meaning of the word surprise

I have been trying to think of an even better story with a practical advantage of having knowledge of the event. I have not come up with anything that I like. Can you think of something?

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