Three astronauts are stranded on a world populated by a rational but war-like people. The leader decides
to give the astronauts a logic test to see if the human race is rational. The three astronauts are lined up
single file, facing the same direction. A single feather, taken at random from a collection of three blue
feathers and two white feathers, is placed on the helmet of each astronaut. No astronaut can see his own
feather. They may not look around or communicate with each other in any way. The alien leader says,
"If any of you can tell me what color feather you have on your helmet and explain why it must be that
color, we will set you free. If you guess wrong, or give the right answer without a good explanation of
how you arrived at that answer, we will deem the human race as being dangerous and irrational. We will
destroy you and then destroy your entire planet." After a very long silence, the astronaut in the front
raises his hand and gives the correct answer and a logical explanation. What did he say? Your answer
must include the color of the feather and the explanation of why it must be that color.



Answer :

We can actually deduce here that the astronaut that raised his hand actually said that the colour of the feather placed on his helmet was blue and going further to give a logical explanation, he explained that this is because the sky of the planet where they are is blue.

What is logical explanation?

Logical explanation actually refers to the explanation that is given using logic and what everyone sees and knows. In logical reasoning, one speaks based on what he/she knows or acquires from reasoning or thinking through.

We see here that logically thinking, the helmet placed on their heads actually denoted sky and the blue feather denotes the colour of the sky. Remember they were told not to look up. That means what we are looking for is up which is the sky.

Thus, we can say here that the colour of the feather placed on his helmet is blue and it actually talks about the colour of their planet.

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