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You and nine other individuals have been captured by super intelligent alien overlords.
你和其他九個人被高智商的外星人統治者俘虜了。
The aliens think humans look quite tasty, but their civilization forbids eating highly logical and cooperative beings.
他們覺得地球人看起來很好吃，但是他們的文明禁止他們吃有很強邏輯性和合作性的生物。
Unfortunately, they're not sure whether you qualify, so they decide to give you all a test.
不幸的是，他們不確定你們是否合乎標準，所以他們決定給你們所有人一個測試。
Through its universal translator, the alien guarding you tells you the following:
通過他們的“全宇宙通翻譯”軟件，外星守衛告訴你以下信息：
You will be placed in a single-file line facing forward in size order
你們會被從高到矮排成一條直線，
so that each of you can see everyone lined up ahead of you.
這樣每個人就可以看到站在前面的所有人。
You will not be able to look behind you or step out of line.
你不能往后看或者走到線外。
Each of you will have either a black or a white hat on your head assigned randomly,
每個人的頭上會有一頂白色或者黑色的帽子。帽子的顏色是隨機分配的，
and I won't tell you how many of each color there are.
而且我不會告訴你每種顏色的帽子總共有幾個。
When I say to begin, each of you must guess the color of your hat starting with the person in the back and moving up the line.
當我說“開始”時，每個人必須猜測自己帽子的顏色，從最后一個人開始。
And don't even try saying words other than black or white or signaling some other way, like intonation or volume; you'll all be eaten immediately.
不要試圖說除了黑或白以外的詞，或者通過聲調或音量等其他方式做出暗示，要不你們就會馬上被吃掉。
If at least nine of you guess correctly, you'll all be spared.
如果至少九個人能猜對，你們就會被釋放。
You have five minutes to discuss and come up with a plan,
你們有五分鐘的時間來商量，想出一個方案，
and then I'll line you up, assign your hats, and we'll begin.
然后我會把你們排成一排，分發帽子，然后就開始。
Can you think of a strategy guaranteed to save everyone?
你能想到一個絕對能救大家的計劃嗎？
