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> if I have two children, and (number) one is a boy, what is the probability the other is a boy? The people who parse the sentence as the gender of the first c
by xorcist 9y ago
> if I have two children, and (number) one is a boy, what is the probability the other is a boy?
The people who parse the sentence as the gender of the first child is given, will insist the odds are 50/50. Once you see the sample space, the sentence is unambigous.