RE: The role of probability in solving the Monty Hall problem
March 13, 2016 at 8:51 am
(This post was last modified: March 13, 2016 at 8:52 am by robvalue.)
I don't think we're even talking about the same game.
You pick a door, the guy opens a door (which is not your door, or the prize door. Important!!!) you stick or change, he reveals the winning door. Game over.
I'm saying if you repeat this game N times, with a genuinely random placement of the prize between the 3 doors each time, on average you will win 2/3 of the time by changing.
It's the mean of a probability distribution. Like I say, if you don't know what that is, you need to learn about it.
I have a first class maths degree, I know what I'm talking about here.
You pick a door, the guy opens a door (which is not your door, or the prize door. Important!!!) you stick or change, he reveals the winning door. Game over.
I'm saying if you repeat this game N times, with a genuinely random placement of the prize between the 3 doors each time, on average you will win 2/3 of the time by changing.
It's the mean of a probability distribution. Like I say, if you don't know what that is, you need to learn about it.
I have a first class maths degree, I know what I'm talking about here.
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