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In response to "this isn't the same as the monty hall paradox -- nm" by dogbert183

Unless there's something about it I'm not seeing (I don't watch the show), it is -- (link)

Posted by Reagen (aka Reagen) Oct 22 '08, 19:02

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem#Increasing_the_number_of_doors (en.wikipedia.org)

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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

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