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posted by janrinok on Friday July 29 2016, @10:27AM   Printer-friendly
from the something-to-think-about dept.

Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a door, say No. 1, and the host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another door, say No. 3, which has a goat. He then says to you, "Do you want to pick door No. 2?" Is it to your advantage to switch your choice?

Do any of you have any noteworthy experiences where knowledge of math helped you in an unusual way?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 29 2016, @04:12PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 29 2016, @04:12PM (#381587)

    I don't think they were pissed because of some vague hatred/distrust of math, they felt lime you were cheating. Its like setting up a tripod Mount for one if those shooting gallery games. You were ruining the mystery and fun of guessing. I agree they were silly and stupid, but I don't think it was a "witchcraft" kind of thing.

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