Re:Paradoxes of Probability and Other Statistical Strangeness
by justinpombrio on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @05:48PM
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It's the fact that it differs from 2/3. If the day of the week was not mentioned the (conventional) answer is exactly 2/3. Not 1/2.
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Re:Paradoxes of Probability and Other Statistical Strangeness
by Chinjut on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @12:40AM
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Yes, that's also "paradoxical", though probably not the paradox that would trip people up first unless they'd seen the other problem first. But, you're right that I may have misread which departure from expected answer was bugging the OP. Nonetheless, everything else I stated still holds.