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why isn't this listed in wikipedia as an answer.
by platz 4y ago
why isn't this listed in wikipedia as an answer.
- vehementi 4y agoIt is, it's the one where you treat both as having the same expected value
- platz 4y agothat the expected value is the same that is an outcome of all solutions, so just stating that is reductive. What is at question is the reason for getting to the expected value is the same.
- whatshisface 4y agoBecause if the larger envelope is changed to contain four times as many dollars, then /2 vs. *4 points back towards swapping indefinitely.
- MrBlueIncognito 4y agoIf one envelope contains 4 times the money of the other envelope, then by swapping you either gain 3x or lose 3x, where x is the amount of money in the smaller envelope. Even in this case, the average return is +3x -3x = 0.