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[–] asap@lemmy.world 36 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I got your exact same answer, but then I tried again prefacing the question with:

Can you help me with a puzzle?

This changed the answer drastically:

Great! Let's solve this river crossing puzzle step by step. The key is to find a sequence of actions that gets the man and the goat safely across the river without leaving the goat unattended with something it might eat.

Given:

  • A man and a goat are on one side of a river.
  • They have a boat.

Step-by-step solution:

  1. The man takes the goat in the boat and crosses the river.
  2. The man leaves the goat on the other side of the river and returns alone in the boat.
  3. The man gets out of the boat on the original side of the river.
  4. The man gets back into the boat alone and crosses the river again.
  5. The man and the goat are now together on the other side of the river.

Therefore, the man and the goat have successfully crossed the river using the boat, without leaving the goat unattended on either side of the river.

[–] KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

While the man does his little return trip, the goat is accompanied by a bear, which is much safer.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Only if the man is a goat fucker.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You build houses your whole life, do they call you Joe the House Builder? No, of course not. But you fuck ONE goat…

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

...and suddenly every goat in the world would rather be with a bear!