Can you solve it? The mystery of Portia's caskets
by Alex Bellos from on (#2CFXM)
A Shakespearean riddle in memory of peerless puzzler Raymond Smullyan, who died last week age 97
UPDATE: The answers and explanation are now posted here
"Why should I be worried about dying? It's not going to happen in my lifetime!"
So said Raymond Smullyan, the American mathematician, philosopher and prolific writer of logic puzzles, who died a week ago aged 97.
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