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This is similar to another, well-known, paradox. Something about a game show, and there are 3 stalls, and one of them contains a car. The game show host opens u
by hackaflocka 11y ago
This is similar to another, well-known, paradox. Something about a game show, and there are 3 stalls, and one of them contains a car. The game show host opens up one of the empty stalls to show there's no car behind it. You have to guess which one of the other 2 has the car behind it. And there's a way to play it that makes your chances better than 50%.
Anyone got a link to this paradox?
Update: it's called the Monty Hall Problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem
- idlewords 11y agoIt's superficially similar, except that the Monty Hall problem is well-defined, while this one isn't (see my harping upthread about what it means to 'choose an arbitrary number').
- larrymcp 11y agoThe Mythbusters guys did a segment on the Monty Hall Paradox. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2mykzd http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2mykzd Cool...
- hackaflocka 11y agoThanks for the link.