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For this and other probability "paradoxes" explained through code, check out this great notebook: https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/norvig/pytudes/blob/master

For this and other probability "paradoxes" explained through code, check out this great notebook: https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/norvig/pytudes/blob/master/ipynb/ProbabilityParadox.ipynb https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/norvig/pytudes/blob/mast...

Stratoscope 7y ago
That is great, thanks! This note in particular could be a lesson for many things in life: > When I believe the answer is 1/3, and I hear someone say the answer is 1/2, my response is not "You're wrong!", rather it is "How interesting! You must have a different interpretation of the problem; I should try to discover what your interpretation is, and why your answer is correct for your interpretation." The first step is to be more precise in my wording of the experiment...