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You're actually being given the choice between "my initial pick contains the prize" or "the prize is contained in any of the other 99 boxes". Okay - the host d
by derriz 4y ago
You're actually being given the choice between "my initial pick contains the prize" or "the prize is contained in any of the other 99 boxes". Okay - the host does a routine to add to the "drama" by revealing 98 non-prize boxes but since he will never reveal the prize during this process, he isn't giving you any more information.
- lupire 4y agoWell, he's giving you 98 pieces of information if your second choice is "pick a door", not "pick all the other doors"
- derriz 4y agoImagine you were given the choice before he opens any boxes. “Stick with your pick“ or “Switch to picking all 99 of the others”. Opening non-prize boxes before showing the contents of the last box is just part of the reveal drama - whether you’ve chosen 1 or 99 boxes.
- naniwaduni 4y agoIt's actually sufficient that he simply hasn't revealed the prize in the other 98 picks. Of course, it would make for poor drama if he just happened to open the prize in the process, but you can imagine a construction where he's picking 98/99 of the other boxes out of lotto machine and offers you the chance to switch if, at the end of the process, none of the doors he opened contained the prize. It'll just be a pretty silly show the 98% of the time that the host just opens the prize in the middle of the drawing.