If it is the 10th day and you look around and STILL see nine left, who is the mark???? None of the monks realize they are it until the 10th day...
In the two person example, if they are told that only one of them has the dot, that one will kill himself the first night. If they are told that "at least one" of them has a dot, then if there were only one who had the dot, he would kill himself the first night.
I deleted that last post after I saw you had edited the post in which you claimed you had stated several times they knew there were 10. Please delete the post of my quote from you so that I may delete this one. Thank you
hey? they DID NOT know there was ten. the guys that saw 10 dots were hoping that that was all. the guys htat saw nine dots were hoping that THAT was all.