[WikiEN-l] OT Monty Hall (was: Re: Cyde should not have violated Deletion policy)

[Steve Bennett]

On 05/05/06, Alphax (Wikipedia email) <alphasigmax at gmail.com> wrote:
> More to the point, the outcome of the Monty Hall problem is "common
> sense" once you understand it. Denying that staying will give you a
> better chance of winning when there are 9999998 doors with goats behind
> them open, when you've had it explained to you, is /not/ common sense.

Fwiw, I explain it like this: "Did you know what was behind any of the
doors when you made your first guess? Do you know now? Do you prefer
uninformed decisions?"

Steve