Gunnersaurus Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 @nudge I've tagged you in this just because you've probably heard of it and can explain it a bit more. There a paradox called the monty hall paradox. It's really blown my mind. I kind of get it but am having a hard job expressing it if you get what I mean. Especially at 3 o clock in the morning Apparently there was a show with a presenter called monty hall. There would be 3 doors and you would have to guess which door the prize was behind. You would say which door you thought it was. He would open one of the two doors you said you didn't think it was. If the prize wasn't behind that door you would get a chance to stay with your original door or switch to the other door. Now apparently you actually have more chance of winning if you switch. The odds of you getting it right were 1/3. The two doors that you didn't pick had a combined total of 2/3. So if you switch you have more chance because that door was part of the 2/3 odds. I found it easier to understand if it's done with 100 doors. Say you pick one door out of 100 and you get to the final 2. The chances are much higher that your original pick was wrong and that it was one of the other 99 doors which the option you didn't pick is part of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ Posted July 21 Subscriber Share Posted July 21 13 hours ago, Gunnersaurus said: @nudge I've tagged you in this just because you've probably heard of it and can explain it a bit more. There a paradox called the monty hall paradox. It's really blown my mind. I kind of get it but am having a hard job expressing it if you get what I mean. Especially at 3 o clock in the morning Apparently there was a show with a presenter called monty hall. There would be 3 doors and you would have to guess which door the prize was behind. You would say which door you thought it was. He would open one of the two doors you said you didn't think it was. If the prize wasn't behind that door you would get a chance to stay with your original door or switch to the other door. Now apparently you actually have more chance of winning if you switch. The odds of you getting it right were 1/3. The two doors that you didn't pick had a combined total of 2/3. So if you switch you have more chance because that door was part of the 2/3 odds. I found it easier to understand if it's done with 100 doors. Say you pick one door out of 100 and you get to the final 2. The chances are much higher that your original pick was wrong and that it was one of the other 99 doors which the option you didn't pick is part of. Yeah we got introduced to it in the statistics intro class. It's an interesting one cause it feels really counterintuitive, but it's all about probabilities... and humans are notoriously bad at assessing probabilities. Like you said, it's much easier to understand if you think of the same problem but with a 100 doors instead of 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnersaurus Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 52 minutes ago, nudge said: Yeah we got introduced to it in the statistics intro class. It's an interesting one cause it feels really counterintuitive, but it's all about probabilities... and humans are notoriously bad at assessing probabilities. Like you said, it's much easier to understand if you think of the same problem but with a 100 doors instead of 3. I find these things really interesting sometimes. Difficult to understand but interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewolf Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 15 hours ago, Gunnersaurus said: a presenter called monty hall. There would be 3 doors and you would have to guess which door the prize was behind. You would say which door you thought it was. He would open one of the two doors you said you didn't think it was. If the prize wasn't behind that door you would get a chance to stay with your original door or switch to the other door. Now apparently you actually have more chance of winning if you switch. My mate and me were talking about this on Thursday funny enough... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnersaurus Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 2 hours ago, Bluewolf said: My mate and me were talking about this on Thursday funny enough... I think it might have been Marilyn vos savant who first discovered it but not to sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted August 15 Subscriber Share Posted August 15 The wifes Birthday and our daughter is visiting with Kaiden and giving us the treat of a carry-out at the local chippie, I am having a fish supper with the norm chip shop chips, looking forward to this, my healthy docs diet is out of the window for today, Watch this space Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted August 15 Subscriber Share Posted August 15 1 hour ago, CaaC (John) said: The wifes Birthday and our daughter is visiting with Kaiden and giving us the treat of a carry-out at the local chippie, I am having a fish supper with the norm chip shop chips, looking forward to this, my healthy docs diet is out of the window for today, Watch this space BBBUUUUURRRRP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Culture Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Great story. Who plays you in the film? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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