Good points, all. You’re right that I didn’t get the 100 wives problem phrased completely; it would need to stipulate that the killing happens at e.g. the next day’s noon, just as the blue eye problem has departures at discrete intervals. Then each wife expects that some wife will kill at the first chance after the announcement, and when none do, they can all conclude that their initial assumption of husband faithfulness is false.
Good points, all. You’re right that I didn’t get the 100 wives problem phrased completely; it would need to stipulate that the killing happens at e.g. the next day’s noon, just as the blue eye problem has departures at discrete intervals. Then each wife expects that some wife will kill at the first chance after the announcement, and when none do, they can all conclude that their initial assumption of husband faithfulness is false.