Timeline for How to explain Monty Hall problem when they just don't get it
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| Dec 31, 2021 at 4:49 | comment | added | user155 | why is this an answer? shouldn't this be a comment? Betting money doesn't provide any intuition. | |
| Jun 18, 2014 at 11:05 | comment | added | Walter Mitty | The people who can't be persuaded by logic aren't going to be persuaded by a simulation either. If the logician can lie to them, why can't the author of a simulation? | |
| Jun 17, 2014 at 12:38 | comment | added | bye | This works pretty well if you're explaining it to a programmer who can quickly simulate the gambling - and losing - of large sums of money very quickly! | |
| Jun 17, 2014 at 7:55 | comment | added | Superbest | There's an online demo at onlinestatbook.com/2/probability/monty_hall_demo.html which helpfully keeps a tally of your successes as well. | |
| Jun 16, 2014 at 12:14 | comment | added | Walter Mitty | Yeah, the money is important. It changes some people's perceptions. | |
| Jun 15, 2014 at 22:52 | comment | added | quid | This seems somewhat related to the set up an experiment/simulation already mentioned. But then to add a more noticeable consequence for some could actually be important. So, it seems like an actual variation of the answer. | |
| Jun 15, 2014 at 21:07 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jun 15, 2014 at 20:51 | history | answered | Walter Mitty | CC BY-SA 3.0 |