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Re:350,757 coin flips show coins tend to land the same-side ... by jackfoxy on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @11:22AM (#37833241)
The Monty Hall problem is a fun one to code up, and yeah, there are otherwise smart people who refuse to believe it.

I coded it up in F# https://github.com/jackfoxy/LetsMakeADeal to convince one of the founders of a start-up I worked for. He just grunted and walked away. Pretty sure he still doesn't want to hear about Bayes' Theorem.

Re:350,757 coin flips show coins tend to land the same-side ... by mensetmanusman on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @12:50PM (#37834506)
Just start with an infinite number of doors and move backwards from that.