Question #2650

I don't understand how it's possible to have O without having J

Started by balde_kadija@yahoo.com · started 2023-07-26 06:50 · last activity 2023-07-30 22:33 · 1 reply

Rule #2 states M -> NOT J & NOT O, correct? With this being an in/out game, I took that to mean that J and O must always be together, whether they are both in or both out...the reason being that if M is chosen then J nor O can be chosen AND if M is not chosen then J and O must be chosen in order to avoid either J or O being in the same category as M. Can someone please explain to me what I'm missing?

Replies

  1. Emil-Kunkin · 2023-07-30 22:33

    The rule is that if M is in J and O must be out. This tells us nothing about what happens if m is out. It's possible that if m is out then both j and o are in, that only one is in and the other is out, and that they're both out. J and O are not a block, there's no issue with M being together with either J or O in the out category, only with them being together in the in category.

Sign in to reply.