Labyrinth Guards

4:22pm - 10 April 2007 - 640 views - 10 Comments
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Have you been in such a situation where you ask yourself if you know what’s right or wrong, knowing very well that you’ll never find out anyhow? You’re never sure who is telling the truth, nor can you be sure who is telling a lie. If you attempted to scrutinise the situation in order to make a futile attempt at uncovering the so-called truth, you’ll only make things worse than it already is. What if these choices are inevitable? If they can even be considered choices, that is. What will you do? Do you attempt to question the guards, risking them poking a hole in you? If you can survive that, which guard is telling the truth? There is no place for logic here, for it will only result in a never-ending cycle of fruitless questions. No amount of consideration would amount to anything. Would you take the chance of taking either of the paths, risking never being able to see light again?

So, the question is – which path will you take?

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  1. [...] 12 04 2007 I was reading Tze Lun’s Labyrinth Guards article and I remembered how I used to have given it a try at figuring out which guard is [...]

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  2. i’ll choose not to question at all, afterall i have nothing to do with it. :P

    Comment by blurblur — 11:06 am, April 12, 2007 #

  3. There will come a time when you’ll have to. And avoiding the question solves nothing.

    Comment by Tze Lun — 12:08 pm, April 12, 2007 #

  4. I’d choose to ask NOT so tricky question XD

    Comment by Eqym — 2:14 pm, April 12, 2007 #

  5. How tricky is tricky? :P

    Comment by Tze Lun — 2:53 pm, April 12, 2007 #

  6. since you dont know which guard is which, u ask a simple question which u already know the answer.

    from there on, u’ll know what to do.

    Comment by CincauHangus — 5:14 pm, April 12, 2007 #

  7. What if the guard stabs you?

    Comment by Tze Lun — 10:29 pm, April 12, 2007 #

  8. Prepare urself with a plasma rifle then

    Comment by Eqym — 6:02 pm, April 14, 2007 #

  9. Take the stab and be a man.

    Comment by Clem — 1:54 am, April 15, 2007 #

  10. -Eqym
    I’m not going to listen to you.

    -Clem
    I might listen to you :D

    Comment by Tze Lun — 5:13 pm, April 17, 2007 #

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