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Re:Titans of Mathematics Clash Over Epic Proof of ABC Conjec... by ssmmww on Thursday September 20, 2018 @07:26PM (#18036164)
My understanding is that the Monty Hall problem was just a cute puzzle published in a pop-sci magazine that confused a few professors who perhaps ought not to have been confused by it. I don't think it says anything at all about the health of the mathematical community.
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Re:Titans of Mathematics Clash Over Epic Proof of ABC Conjec... by fjsolwmv on Thursday September 20, 2018 @09:50PM (#18036671)
It was also ambiguously worded, which is the bane of probability problems posed by people who think they are clever (like vos Savant).
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Re:Titans of Mathematics Clash Over Epic Proof of ABC Conjec... by mannykannot on Friday September 21, 2018 @10:55AM (#18040122)
I will repeat what I wrote about this point a couple of weeks ago: According to vos Savant, in most of the cases where the correspondent actually had a correction to offer for her alleged error, they were assuming the intended interpretation of the puzzle.
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Re:Titans of Mathematics Clash Over Epic Proof of ABC Conjec... by WilliamEdward on Friday September 21, 2018 @09:32AM (#18039532)
Your understanding of the history of the problem is lacking and you've caused me to get downvoted as a result, thanks for that. The professors were misogynistic towards her as they could not believe a woman could solve this problem. She even addressed this.
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