John Tierney has a mind-contorting piece in today’s New York Times that explains the Monty Hall Paradox. In it he explains how to beat the “Let’s Make a Deal” system. In a typical show, the fabled ...
Psychology Today: Why a Twist to the Monty Hall Problem Stumped So Many
Puzzles with counterintuitive solutions do more than challenge us. They expose how easily our fast, reflexive thinking can lead us astray. When the Monty Hall problem was first posed by Marilyn Vos ...
Amazon S3 on MSN: Monty Hall problem and the math of probability
Your guides to the weird side of the web explain the Monty Hall problem and the math of probability.
New Scientist: The Monty Hall problem shows how tricky judging the odds can be
The Monty Hall problem shows how tricky judging the odds can be
From the Wikipedia page devoted to the “Monty Hall problem“: Suppose you’re on a game show like “Let’s Make a Deal,” and you’re given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a new car; behind ...
Chicago Tribune: Saying farewell to Monty Hall and the problem that cracked a thousand eggheads
Monty Hall will likely best be remembered to generations of Americans as the namesake of the “Monty Hall Problem,” a simple logic puzzle that has tended to infuriate and baffle even the highly ...
Saying farewell to Monty Hall and the problem that cracked a thousand eggheads
- Surely Monty Hall was the only game show host in history to have a complex mathematical proof named for him: The Monty Hall Problem. The Monty Hall Problem is a piece of game theory which asks the ...