On-the-island

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on-the-island

Title text: Today's comic inspired by Ray Smullyan and the feeling called dread.

Votey

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You come to an island where there are three types of people: Knights, knaves, and normals. The knights always speak truth. The knaves always lie. The normals sometimes speak the truth and sometimes lie.

This is largely the result of socio-economic factors.

The knights have most of the wealth and power they can speak their minds without repercussions.

The knaves have no power and must say what is necessary to get by.

The normals are a healthy medium. They interface with all groups.

Lately, the knights have accrued an ever-greater

As the intermediate class shrinks, the knights and knaves grow ever more estranged - the former greater in power, the latter greater in number.

Portion of wealth, resulting in ever fewer normals.

Division, anger, misunderstand. -ing all seem to presage an uncommonly bloody war, with its issue being either mob rule or dictatorship.

So. The puzzle is.

How do we get off this island?

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Votey Transcript

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The vacuum of space is looking better and better. On

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