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		jonsen on July 3, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Prisoners’ Paradox Prisoner A is the one that asks. That sets the one an only perspective for the guards answer.

devin on July 6, 2009 [–]

Really? From whose perspective is Prisoner A described as asking the question? The narrator's. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but there is an implicit third person in my view.

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