Come forth and be confused!

[Cenright]

Exhaustive proof doesn't help if people do get it. (It is just exhausting) You have to start with the basic concept. If you don't, everyone just thinks you just have some screwed up math, because you yourself never answered the question of WHY it wasn't 50/50. You just said that: Oh, he won! or Oh! he lost.

Every idea needs a thesis statement.

Then people don't want to kill you and you don't have to call everyone an idiot. No one wants to fish through 3-4 pages to find 3-4 sentences.

A conlusion works also.

It is 2/3, Because.... (insert a small amout of text that keeps people's attention that still answers WHY)

[QreepyBORIS]

Lets stop caring now. Okay?

[Cenright]

I'm finished. I just wanted to explain why everyone was frustrated with him.

[aperson]

The point was to frustrate people.

You lose.

[banditcom]

I thought he explained it rather well actually. :P

[VxDx]

Yeah, aperson's explanation was really pretty good, but there were certain parts that seemed to be wrong, just becasue they are a little complex and I didn't see the solution that was correct or the err in my thought process. (The way I figured it out is about 50x more complicated to describe than what aperson said)

[makaveli121212]

yeah you really suck vxd...

[VxDx]

if by suck you mean wear poonts, then no, I'm not at the minute.

[makaveli121212]

HOT!

[QreepyBORIS]

Let's put the prize in door 2.
________________
|_W_| |_P_| |_W_|

If You chose 1, he must choose 3. Swap (To #2) and Win
If You chose 3, he must choose 1. Swap (To #2) and Win
If You chose 2, he can choose either, You swap (to the other wrong one) and lose.




That is where the 2/3 chance is.

Couldnt he have also picked the OTHER wrong door when you picked the right one, making it 50/50?

Like:
If You chose 1, he must choose 3. Swap (To #2) and Win
If You chose 3, he must choose 1. Swap (To #2) and Win
If You chose 2, he can choose 1. Swap (To #3) and lose.
If You chose 2, he can choose 3. Swap (To #1) and lose.

There, 50/50 :P.

[aperson]

No, because each of the final 2 chances are subdivided into one, because in those cases, he could choose EITHER door. In the first 2 cases, there is only one door he can choose.

[QreepyBORIS]

Why the hell are they only one choice? That part doesnt make sense.

[Kles]

Re: Come forth and be confused!

Because it just does not matter what door he chose.

lol ****ing BUMP

[evilbutterfly]

Re: Come forth and be confused!

I'm glad this got bumped, because I apparently didn't see it a year ago. x__x

gg ap

What took the rest of you so long to get it? rofl XD

[Moogy]

Re: Come forth and be confused!

1/3 -> 1/2