The Time Everyone “Corrected” the World’s Smartest Woman (2015)

Re:The Time Everyone “Corrected” the World’s Smartest Woman ... by fossuser on Saturday May 08, 2021 @10:33PM (#27092675)

Yeah - and at least for me this was part of the confusion. The problem is often stated incorrectly.

Critically the host always removes a goat.

If the person presenting the problem just says “the host opens one of the doors”, but doesn’t specify he’s always revealing a bad door then it’s not clear why that matters.

The many door example makes it easy to intuit as well.

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Re:The Time Everyone “Corrected” the World’s Smartest Woman ... by ryandrake on Saturday May 08, 2021 @10:54PM (#27092787)

I think when stating the problem, some people assume the listener has actually watched Lets Make A Deal. You can under-specify the problem for people who have watched it, as the fact that Monty shows the worthless prize is already known.

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Re:The Time Everyone “Corrected” the World’s Smartest Woman ... by megablast on Sunday May 09, 2021 @01:19AM (#27093431)

That’s obvious. If he reveals the car, he isn’t going to ask you if you want to switch. A goat is a goat. It doesn’t matter to you which goat you get.

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Re:The Time Everyone “Corrected” the World’s Smartest Woman ... by fossuser on Sunday May 09, 2021 @01:27AM (#27093481)

It’s not obvious if you think revealing the car ends the game (and you lose).

I think when I was first told it the person said “takes a door away” which is even less clear.

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