Show HN: Understanding the Monty Hall paradox through code

Re:Show HN: Understanding the Monty Hall paradox through code by l0b0 on Sunday March 29, 2020 @06:41PM (#22723452)

Good idea, but it's not intuitive why the original problem is equivalent to the host revealing N-2 (98) goats rather than, say, (N-2)/2 (49) or 1.

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Re:Show HN: Understanding the Monty Hall paradox through code by abiogenesis on Sunday March 29, 2020 @08:49PM (#22724211)

Interesting. I was explained this question the exact same way (100 doors) some years ago and it was instantly intuitive to me. Maybe it's how every brain works differently.

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Re:Show HN: Understanding the Monty Hall paradox through code by l0b0 on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @05:28AM (#22736054)

I understand that it makes sense intuitively, but how do you justify it to yourself mathematically? As far as I can tell there is nothing in the original formulation that explains why it would scale that way.

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