If it's solvable, it has to depend on what kind of people we are. You can't do this with a demon. You can't do this with a rock that has 'Defect' written on it either. That's why Keltham said we were allowed to talk to each other, it's not that we can - threaten each other, or persuade each other, using just words, it's something we have to know about each other.