"If yesterday was two days ago tomorrow,
will the day after tomorrow be today or yesterday?"
—Temporal Manipulation 101 final exam, Tolarian Academy
"如果说昨天到了明天会变成两天前,试问后天应该是今天或昨天?"
~陶拉里亚大学院时间操纵绪论期末考
我想应该不少人看过这题
之前我照自己的理解,觉得答案是都不对,不是今天也不是昨天,而是明天。
今天=D
昨天=D-1
前天=D-2
明天=D+1
后天=D+2
如果昨天到了明天会变成两天前,这句的意思是如果到了D+1时,再看D-1,中间的差距会
变成2。试问后天(the day after tomorrow,也就是D+2)应该是今天或昨天?这句话其实
是陷阱,因为第一句的关系,目前的时间是D+1,而由D+1来看D+2,中间的差距是1天,也
就是说,这题的答案是“明天”。
但最近有人丢给我一个2005的FAQ
老实说我不太理解...
http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/magazine/
(接上面)article.aspx?x=mtgcom/askwizards/1105
November 9, 2005
Q: "I was flipping through the Ninth Edition spoiler on Gatherer, and I came
across Temporal Adept's flavor text. After about 20 minutes of critical
thinking, all I had was a headache. Is that question actually solvable?
Thanks!"