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> That he always opens a door that is not the contestant's choice is a necessary implication of saying that he opens "another" door It really isn't. It's possi

> That he always opens a door that is not the contestant's choice is a necessary implication of saying that he opens "another" door It really isn't. It's possible Monte Hall always opens the doors in reverse numerical order, so if you picked Door #3, that would get opened first. Or that if Door #3 contained the car, that would be revealed before any goats. The way the scenario was initially described by Ms. Vos Savant is not clear about that. And no, not everybody knew Let's Make a Deal in great detail. It's always been a daytime tv show, meaning, it airs while most people are at work.

CRConrad 5y ago
> > That he always opens a door that is not the contestant's choice is a necessary implication of saying that he opens "another" door > It really isn't. It's possible Monte Hall always opens the doors in... It really is. The "other" in "another" means, quite literally, "not the one already mentioned". And since the only door mentioned before that was the one the contestant had chosen, "he then opens another" not only implies but quite literally and explicitly says that this "another" door the host opens absolutely isn't, cannot be, the one the contestant chose. That's quite simply what "another" literally means.