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Old 10-14-2013, 04:35 PM
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lol ur old.
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Old 10-14-2013, 04:49 PM
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You all done fucked up my thread with your slightly higher than average level of knowledge/intelligence/age.

This works much better elsewhere on the internet.
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Old 10-14-2013, 06:06 PM
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It's amazing how many people refuse to believe that switching improves your odds.

I remember a day at work about 3-4 years ago where a co-worker (a very solid network engineer, not a dude flipping burgers) and I got into a heated discussion about it. He just wouldn't believe it so I made it easy on him and I'll do it for the retards here.

Play out each scenario with the prize being in bag #2. Keep in mind that when Tunare in this case reveals a second bag, it CANNOT be the winning bag. So if you've picked bag 1, bag 3 will be revealed 100% of the time. If you pick bag 3 it will be bag one revealed 100% of the time. If you pick bag 2, it could be either.

You pick bag one and keep it = lose.
You pick bag two and keep it = win.
You pick bag three and keep it = lose.

You pick bag one and switch to bag two = win.
You pick bag one and switch to bag three = cannot be done, revealed as a loser.
You pick bag two and switch to bag one = lose.
You pick bag two and switch to bag three = lose.
You pick bag three and switch to bag one = cannot be done, revealed as a loser.
You pick bag three and switch to bag two = win.

So you can very simply look at this and say, if I stay I have a 1 in 3 chance (33%), if I switch I have a 2 in 4 chance (50%).

Switch every time. Like was stated above, you improve your odds 17%.
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Old 10-14-2013, 06:07 PM
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Oh, and also this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem
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Old 10-14-2013, 06:46 PM
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You all done fucked up my thread with your slightly higher than average level of knowledge/intelligence/age.

This works much better elsewhere on the internet.
It's so funny how many people refused to believe this for so long. It doesn't help an average Joe that so many of the explanations are kinda roundabout and confusing ways of explaining it though, imo.

What's better, people? A 50% chance of picking the right bag, or a 33% chance of picking the right bag? When you make your first pick, you're only getting the 33% chance of being correct. After Tunare reveals an empty bag though, you can either stick with your 33% chance original choice or switch to the 50% chance bag. Derp.
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Old 10-14-2013, 07:19 PM
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It doubles your chance of being right, actually.

If you switch, the only way you lose is if your initial choice was correct, which was a 33% chance. That means you win 66% of the time when you switch.
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Old 10-14-2013, 07:21 PM
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Old 10-14-2013, 09:17 PM
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All you people saying it increases your odds 17%, to 50% are wrong according to my computer simulation and vos savant herself.

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Those who swap always get the opposite of their original choice, so those who swap have 2/3 chance of winning the car (Carlton 2005).


The outcome is fairly obvious from the 1 line of code

Code:
return (switch_doors) ? !doors[choice] : doors[choice];
If you switch, you invert your choice. You had a 2/3 chance of being wrong the first time (1/3 chance of winning)
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Old 10-15-2013, 08:47 AM
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All you people saying it increases your odds 17%, to 50% are wrong according to my computer simulation and vos savant herself.

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Those who swap always get the opposite of their original choice, so those who swap have 2/3 chance of winning the car (Carlton 2005).


The outcome is fairly obvious from the 1 line of code

Code:
return (switch_doors) ? !doors[choice] : doors[choice];
If you switch, you invert your choice. You had a 2/3 chance of being wrong the first time (1/3 chance of winning)
H00t H00t faggot.
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Old 10-15-2013, 10:13 AM
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all 3 bags are empty because tunare is a lieing bitch.
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