in the back of his hair. then the blindfolds are taken off, and they are asked to call out the color of their own feather as soon as they can tell what it is, without discussing it with the others first. if even one of them can guess the correct color of his feather, all three of them will be released. a little time passes and none of them speaks...then the man bound to the very first stake (who actually can't see anybody) correctly names the color of his own feather. what thoughts lead to his conclusion?
if the third man (who can see both of the others) had seen two 