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I assume that at the time of writing, most readers would have been familiar with the actual game show and the fact that the host always opens a door with a goat
by Scarblac 3y ago
I assume that at the time of writing, most readers would have been familiar with the actual game show and the fact that the host always opens a door with a goat?
- dekhn 3y agoThe show uses a different game.
- dboreham 3y agoI had never heard of the show when I was introduced to the problem so all my knowledge comes from the problem description.
- jcl 3y agoAs Monty Hall pointed out in interviews, he was not obligated to offer the opportunity to switch and sometimes did not. So in this case knowledge of the actual show may have contributed to confusion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall#Monty_Hall_Problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall#Monty_Hall_Problem (But vos Savant stated in later columns that most of the critical responses she received assumed that the host was obligated to offer the switch, so they were genuinely confused by the paradox.)