How did the King come to trust his own ability to reliably discern who/what is most trustworthy, in finite time, before he decided to organize such a competition?
If he did find some means, then the competition afterwards is superfluous, if he didn’t, then the competition is a wild goose chase and/or logically impossible.
I know this is supposed to be a simplified parable, but it is very interesting to ponder, how did any historic nation not immediately implode after a few generations? (since it’s very unlikely for any historic ‘king’ to have attained such an ability)
How did the King come to trust his own ability to reliably discern who/what is most trustworthy, in finite time, before he decided to organize such a competition?
If he did find some means, then the competition afterwards is superfluous, if he didn’t, then the competition is a wild goose chase and/or logically impossible.
I know this is supposed to be a simplified parable, but it is very interesting to ponder, how did any historic nation not immediately implode after a few generations? (since it’s very unlikely for any historic ‘king’ to have attained such an ability)