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Always switch

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I’ve never understood the logic behind switching.

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First choice had a 33% success chance, second will be 50% let’s switch

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after switching the probability becomes 66%. we talked about this one in my theory of probability class, it’s very counterintuitive!

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Help a noob out, is that because it’s still 3 but one failure is revealed?

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You have Doors “Win” “Lose” and “Lose”

There is a 33% chance to pick a winning door and a 66% chance to pick a losing door.

If you pick one of the losing doors, the other losing door is revealed and switching gives you 100% success. That combines to 100% in 66% of cases.

If you pick the winning door one of the losing doors is revealed, switching gives you a 0% chance of success. That combines to 0% in 33% of cases.

Always switching gives you 66% chance of success overall. Always staying is betting on having picked the correct door when you only had a 33% chance of picking correctly.

For all the pedants out there: the remaining 1% is the chance of summoning the ghost of Monty Hall who then drags you to probability hell. Probably.

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Choose B, door on trolley opens, reveals 5 people, wave at them, leave

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