How to Solve a Bomb

LEVEL 1: Pie

If the wire is red, cut the wire.
(New stuff will go here, in order of introduction.)
Else, don't cut the wire.

BOMB:
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Spoiler

Cut last 2 wires.

LEVEL 1: Diffused!

LEVEL 2: Mission Possible

If the wire is blue, look at the above wire.
----If the wire is red, don’t cut the wire.
----Else, cut the wire.

BOMB:

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Cut the first wire.

Cut the top wire.

Cut the first wire AND the second wire.

Cut first and second wire.

cut all the wires so you can make a cool bracelet.

Is what would have happened, had you not also cut the second wire.

LEVEL 2: Diffused!

LEVEL 3: Your First Mistake

A wire with multiple colours is considered all of those colours.

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First and third.

LEVEL 3: Diffused!

LEVEL 4: Order is Everything

If the wire is green, don’t cut the wire. Look at the wire below.
----If the wire below is normally cut, DON’T CUT the wire below.
----Else, cut the wire below.

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Cut first and last wire.

Edit: Wait no cut the first and 3rd wire.

Edit Edit: You know what first and last wire it is.

(but you can still try again)

Oh jeez I missed the part with the mixed wires whoops.

Cut 1st wire.
Cut 2nd wire.
Cut 3rd wire.
Cut 4th wire.


(Or maybe it's cut everything but the 3rd)

Cut only the first one.

Do the rules have priority where the newest is the most important, when it comes to contradictions?

Ok uh so,
1st wire is definitely cut because it's blue and the "above wire" is not red.
2nd wire is not cut because it's green.
3rd and 4th wires depend on how the rule above wires below green wires is phrased.

1st+3rd and 1st+4th explode, so yeah I say Cut the 1st wire only

Oh yeah that's a good question, what order is the priority because I'm starting to think I'm doing it backwards.

So far, newest rules have overrided. The first rule was "only cut red", then the second rule allowed us to cut blue sometimes.

First wire is cut because it's blue and has no red "above".

Second wire is green, so it isn't cut.

Third is red and blue. Since it counts as red, it would normally be cut, therefore it isn't because it's immediately below green.

Fourth wire is blue. Wire above is blue and red, which means it counts as red. So this wire isn't cut.

So: only cut the first wire.

4th wire: no cut because red is above
3rd wire: it wants to be cut because its red, and doesnt have red above it, but green negates it.
2nd wire: no cut because it's green
1st wire: cut because no red above it.

seems pretty clear-cut to me. i dont think priority should matter if you go through it both forwards and backwards.

e: damn it, fogel beat me to explaining it. but yeah, he got it.

ee: oh wait i think it should be clear that the first rule isnt "only red". in the OP, the "else, don't cut" is at the very end, and will remain at the very end. so, yeah, no overriding there either.

Blaaargh for Level 2 at least (in conjunction with the rule about mixed colors), Red+Blue wires are red, so if there's a blue wire underneath the blue wire goes uncut.

A Blue and Red wire will be cut, because it's Red, but what we don't know is what happens is there's a red wire above the red+blue wire.

If the wire <n> is blue, look at the above wire <n-1>.
----If the <previously aforementioned, "above wire", n-1> wire is red, don’t cut the <n> wire.
----Else, cut the <n> wire.

<My additions> are the only way I think that works while still making grammatical sense.

So then we have the Fourth Rule:

If the <n> wire is green, don’t cut the <n, green> wire. Look at the wire <n+1> below.
----If the wire below <n+1　or n+2> is normally cut, DON’T CUT the wire below <n+1, n+2 or n+3 (doesn't exist in this scenario)>.
----Else, cut the wire below <n+1 or n+2>.

Green wire notwithstanding, Wire3 (n+1) would normally be cut, because it's red and the one above it isn't (no contradictions). Wire4 (n+2) would not normally be cut, because there's a red wire above it.

Ok I have a headache now, someone sort this out for me

oooh ok I was beaten to it, also, yeah the OP makes more sense now that Gatr made me actually read it.

If the wire is red, cut the wire.
If the wire <n> is blue, look at the above wire <n-1>.
----If the wire <n-1> is red, don’t cut the wire <n>.
----Else, cut the wire <n>.
A wire with multiple colours is considered all of those colours.
If the wire <n> is green, don’t cut the wire. Look at the wire below <n+1>.
----If the wire below <n+1> is normally cut, DON’T CUT the wire below<n+1>.
----Else, cut the wire below <n+1>.
Else, don't cut the wire.

Ok so each color rule is still only forcing you to refer to one wire out. This makes things appreciably less confusing.

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