Re: Wait! Wait! - A Perfect Example?
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The Monty Hall problem! Are you familiar with it? If so, I don't want to go into it. But this is a perfect example of where flipping a coin would give an illogical thinker a better shot of coming up with the right answer (which is to switch). If you do not think logically, you will invariably say it doesn't matter if you switch or not. This of course, is wrong!
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i just looked up the monte hall problem, and yeah, its pretty cool.
but it doesn't prove the point you are trying to make - because there are many ways to arrive at "switch" illogically. for instance...well, i just thought of the number 13, so my pick must be unlucky.
OF COURSE it is true that if you use the most obvious illogical method that gives an answer opposite to the right method , you will be wrong...
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