Timeline for How to explain Monty Hall problem when they just don't get it
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| Aug 21, 2021 at 7:18 | comment | added | user15364 | @RyanReich Have you asked the moderators to clean up this thread, and delete or convert to comments ungermane answers? | |
| Jun 18, 2014 at 1:27 | history | edited | Tom Au | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 18, 2014 at 1:15 | comment | added | Tom Au | @RyanReich: I am a historian "dabbling" in math. As such, I am a better "proxy" for a layman than the average mathematician. The idea of a "windfall" is one that is probably appealing to a layman. It's actually a simple, layman construct: You and I together have 100 dollars. I have 0 dollars. How much money do you have? 100 dollars." I learned to use such explanations working as a math tutor in high school, | |
| Jun 18, 2014 at 1:11 | history | edited | Tom Au | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 18, 2014 at 1:02 | comment | added | Ryan Reich | I don't want to criticize your solution or you. But I'm not convinced by your answer that its style is good for teaching others, or that it consciously addresses something in particular that needs teaching. It's really just a presentation of your favorite explanation, as-is. | |
| Jun 18, 2014 at 0:49 | comment | added | Ryan Reich | I know it's a lost cause by now, but this question, on this forum, really can't be a repository for everyone's favorite explanation of this problem from the mathematical point of view. It's well known how to solve it; the problem is how to teach it. Just presenting an allegedly correct computation will not convince anyone who doesn't understand all the things that are confusing about this puzzle. | |
| Jun 17, 2014 at 20:45 | history | answered | Tom Au | CC BY-SA 3.0 |