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Most paradoxes vanish, become obvious this way (when you increase the numbers). The brothers paradox mentioned: 'I have two children. At least one is a boy.'/'I
by darkmighty 11y ago
Most paradoxes vanish, become obvious this way (when you increase the numbers). The brothers paradox mentioned: 'I have two children. At least one is a boy.'/'I have two children. At least one is a boy born on Tuesday.'; 'What is the probability I have two boys?' drastically changes when you change to 'I have two children. At least one is a boy born at 7h:35m:42s.' -- it becomes clear that the succeeding information exactly specifies the boy as it becomes specific, in the limit turning into 'I have two children. The first is a boy.' (so the probability goes from 1/3 to 1/2).