Welcome back to a series of knights and knaves logic puzzles. These riddles take place on an island where there are two types of people, knights, who always tell the truth, and knaves, who always lie. You can see the first knights and knaves puzzle here. Problem On the island of knights and knaves, you are approached by two people. The first one points to the second and says, “he is a knave.” The second one then says, “neither of us are knaves.” What are they actually?HintOn many of these puzzles, especially the harder ones going forward, it will be important to label everyone. So A says, “B is a knave.” And B says, “neither A nor B are knaves.“SolutionOnce you determine the identities of these two individuals, you can check the solution here. *See all of our riddles here.Jay BennettAssociate Editor Jay Bennett is the associate editor of PopularMechanics.com. He has also written for Smithsonian, Popular Science and Outside Magazine.
