Wednesday’s Wonderful World Of Wikipedia: The Monty Hall Problem
The paradox is this: When playing “Let’s Make A Deal“, do the player’s chances of getting the car (behind door number 1, 2, or 3) increase by switching doors once a guess has been made (so technically it’s down to two doors at that point)? Surprisingly, the answer is Yes and the Monty Hall Problem explains why.
1 Howard Says:
OMG! The amount of time and math that went into that is hilariously amazing.
2 hubs Says:
Wikipedia’s explanation is excessively thorough, but that’s the fun of Wikipedia. The autistic boy in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time did a much more efficient job of explaining this dilemma.