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Imagine there are 999 boxes with nothing in them and one box with the keys. After picking a box, the hosts opens 998 empty boxes. Would you still stick with you
by curiousgal 4y ago
Imagine there are 999 boxes with nothing in them and one box with the keys. After picking a box, the hosts opens 998 empty boxes. Would you still stick with your initial choice?
- jstx1 4y agoI would change my choice because I understand the problem. But I would also change my choice in the scenario with 3 boxes. I'm not arguing with the conclusion, what I don't understand is the people who have their mind changed by the argument. Extending it to 1000 boxes/doors still doesn't explain why the remaining unopened box is different from the box your picked originally.
- curiousgal 4y ago> the remaining unopened box is different from the box your picked originally. Because you now know that every other box is empty. So by process of elimination you know that your box and the remaining one are different.