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I used an entire deck of cards (52 of them) to demonstrate this to a friend, and he still wouldn't believe it. I gave up explaining it after that. It's really
by ksaj 3y ago
I used an entire deck of cards (52 of them) to demonstrate this to a friend, and he still wouldn't believe it. I gave up explaining it after that.
It's really easy to get people arguing about this one, even though the correct answer is so well documented.
- bombcar 3y agoI remember reading someone who couldn’t understand it - so he build a computer program (in python I seem to recall) to simulate it over millions of goes. And the numbers worked out as expected.
- ksaj 3y agoIt's an easy python program to write, because there's nothing complex about the process. Pick a language here: https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem Every one of these prove the effect beyond a doubt.
- bombcar 3y agoTo be precise they demonstrate it; a proof (mathematically) comes from axioms.