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It does matter if he meant to or not, because if he chooses randomly from the remaining doors, the probability of him revealing a goat depends on whether you ha
by slavik81 5y ago
It does matter if he meant to or not, because if he chooses randomly from the remaining doors, the probability of him revealing a goat depends on whether you have already chosen the car. Whereas if you know he could only ever reveal a goat, then the fact that he revealed a goat tells you nothing about your current selection.
If you are interested in more details, Wikipedia lists this as the "Ignorant Monty" variant.