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In response to "Seriously, it's all about the additional infomation given by opening the first door. (nm)" by musubi

What bugs me about it is that you presume that people will consider that Monte will not willingly open the door with the car. In other words, he KNOWS

Posted by Trish (aka Trish) Oct 23 '08, 14:32

what is behind each door and deliberatly chooses the goat. In that context, the odds of switching your door do inprove to 2 out of 3. But if Monte is kept in the dark, opens a door and gets a goat, then your odds actually decrease to 1 in 2 that switching will get you the car.

I read about this for 2 hours last night and it made me head hurt. I blame Reagen (honestly, I do).

You don't even want to get into the odds based on quantum theory.

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It doesn't matter if Monte knows. By opening a non-car door, it's information regardless. (nm) - musubi Oct 23, 14:37 1
- Yes, but that's only true if he opens a non-car door. He has to have advance info, because as Mara said, he's never opened the prize door. - Trish Oct 23, 14:42
Monte obviously knows. All those years on the show and he never opened the door with the grand prize. -- nm - mara Oct 23, 14:34

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What bugs me about it is that you presume that people will consider that Monte will not willingly open the door with the car. In other words, he KNOWS

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