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- From: worden@bouncer.nsc.com (Dennis Worden)
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.science
- Subject: Re: More Monty Hall
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.185741.9823@berlioz.nsc.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 18:57:41 GMT
- References: <1992Dec18.165746.10294@cbfsb.cb.att.com> <1h4fbgINN5c5@nz12.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> <1992Dec21.214559.22343@berlioz.nsc.com> <1992Dec21.230241.19209@colorado.edu>
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- |> >Monty hasn't given you new information, he has given you a new
- |> >question. At the point where he asks you if you want to switch, the fact
- |> >that you had a 33% chance previously doesn't affect you new decision; two
- |> >doors, one prize.
- |>
- |> The fact that the door which used to be closed is now known to be a loser
- |> is new information. Specifically, if I guessed a goat (probability 2/3),
- |> then he's now shown me where the winner is.
- |>
- |> - kitten
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- The fact that you now have an open door with a goat behind it does not
- change the fact that you have 2 door and 1 prize. The opening of the
- third door only tells you that the prize is not behind that door, it does
- not add any information as to where the prize really is. Or put it another
- way, if you consider this new information on the same puzzle, why do you
- freeze the probability of the original guess at 33%? To freeze the original
- probabilities at their "pre-new-information" levels means that your are not
- using that new information. The new information would apply equally to all
- doors that are left, and adjusts the probability to 50%. The original
- assumption of 33% chance per door was based upon 3 closed doors. The new
- question is which of 2 closed doors has the prize.
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