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The Tuesday boy problem is a little less known: http://mikeschiraldi.blogspot.com/2011/11/tuesday-boy-problem-in-under-300-words.html http://mikeschiraldi.blogs
by k2enemy 13y ago
The Tuesday boy problem is a little less known: http://mikeschiraldi.blogspot.com/2011/11/tuesday-boy-problem-in-under-300-words.html http://mikeschiraldi.blogspot.com/2011/11/tuesday-boy-proble...
- StavrosK 13y agoI don't get it, even after the explanation. What's the mechanism that constrains those probabilities?
- baddox 13y agoYou should be able to convince yourself that the conclusion is correct by writing a quick script to run a simulation with a million or so iterations. Actually understanding the reasoning intuitively is more challenging, but I think the linked article has a good explanation (the part about how the manner in which we receive information is as important as the information itself): http://scienceblogs.com/evolutionblog/2011/11/08/the-tuesday-birthday-problem/ http://scienceblogs.com/evolutionblog/2011/11/08/the-tuesday...
- StavrosK 13y agoThat helps, thank you.