On 5/4/06, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
On 5/4/06, Phil Boswell phil.boswell@gmail.com wrote:
geni wrote:
On 5/4/06, Alphax (Wikipedia email) alphasigmax@gmail.com wrote:
It looks a hell of a lot like using common sense.
[[Monty Hall problem]]. "Common sense" is not a valid justification
for
decision making.
The reason the [[Monty Hall problem]] is a "problem" is because it
appears
to turn common sense on its head: the "exception that proves the rule".
That phrase makes no sense in commonly used modern english english.
Just because there exist carefully designed situations in which common
sense
will lead you up a carefully prepared garden path does not invalidate
the
application of common sense in each and every situation.
Ok then how about:
[[Proof that 0.999... equals 1]] or most of [[Quantum mechanics]]
and for what is worth, 0.9999.... = 1 is common sense to me (but I won't comment on quantum mechanics)