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In response to "no it wouldn't -- nm" by dogbert183

this isn't the same as the monty hall paradox -- nm

Posted by dogbert183 Oct 22 '08, 19:00

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Unless there's something about it I'm not seeing (I don't watch the show), it is -- (link) - Reagen Oct 22, 19:02 8
- My God, this deserves a Nobel Prize. -- nm - Mop Oct 22, 20:21
- the difference is how you get down to two cases... - dogbert183 Oct 22, 19:10 5
  - but when he went from three to two cases, switching would still have improved his odds. - mafic Oct 22, 19:19 3
    - though I suppose since he's the one choosing which case to open, it might not be the same as monty hall. regardless, the IM stands. -- nm - mafic Oct 22, 19:22 2
      - re IM: the $1 case is irrelevent, it's just the other case at that point. (if it was the $5 or the $500,000 case the question would still be the same - dogbert183 Oct 22, 19:24 1
        
        yeah, but he's still no more likely to have picked anything but the $5 or $500,000 case 25 times. - mafic Oct 22, 19:33
  - Yeah, I see the difference now. - Reagen Oct 22, 19:14
- There's a paragraph about DoND. -- nm - nubby Oct 22, 19:08
Yeah you're right. -- nm - nubby Oct 22, 19:01

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